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Degree Student Financial Assistance by School

Degree Student Financial Assistance by School
FY2024–25 (Award Type as % of Total Aid)
Grant Loan Job Total Aid
College1 91.8% 5.0% 3.2% 100.0%
GSAS 78.2% 0.5% 21.4% 100.0%
Business2 55.0% 45.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Dental 34.8% 65.2% 0.0% 100.0%
Design 74.6% 22.9% 2.5% 100.0%
Divinity 78.1% 16.5% 5.3% 100.0%
Education 57.4% 40.3% 2.3% 100.0%
Government 77.6% 22.4% 0.0% 100.0%
Law 35.3% 64.7% 0.0% 100.0%
Medical 66.7% 33.3% 0.0% 100.0%
Public Health 64.0% 33.7% 2.2% 100.0%
Extension 28.3% 71.7% 0.0% 100.0%
University Total 72.9% 19.4% 7.6% 100.0%
Source: OIRA Financial Aid Data Collection
1 FY2024–25 College loans include parental loans.
2 FY2024–25 Business excludes outside employee support.

Last updated 12/4/25 | Download PDF of this Table

Degree Student Financial Assistance by School and Award

Degree Student Financial Assistance by School, Award Source, and Award Type
FY2025 ($ in thousands)
Grant
Loan
Job
 Total
Institutional Federal Outside Total Institutional Federal Outside Total Institutional Federal Total
College1 $261,792 $18,701 $12,709 $293,202 $4,482 $6,414 $5,203 $16,099 $7,237 $3,035 $10,271 $319,572
GSAS2 $213,685 $34,220 $7,128 $255,034 $10 $734 $779 $1,523 $55,467 $23,017 $78,484 $335,041
Business3 $42,959 $0 $10,681 $53,640 $150 $8,017 $35,778 $43,945 $0 $0 $0 $97,585
Dental $2,671 $0 $2,446 $5,118 $119 $8,512 $951 $9,582 $0 $0 $0 $14,699
Design $19,113 $112 $1,953 $21,178 $185 $4,768 $1,563 $6,516 $324 $373 $697 $28,391
Divinity $9,500 $41 $350 $9,891 $65 $2,015 $12 $2,092 $0 $677 $677 $12,660
Education $15,936 $0 $3,039 $18,975 $0 $10,684 $2,627 $13,311 $0 $765 $765 $33,051
Government $25,789 $0 $13,271 $39,060 $0 $6,065 $5,223 $11,289 $0 $0 $0 $50,349
Law $26,545 $4,260 $6,881 $37,686 $5,253 $26,580 $37,150 $68,983 $0 $0 $0 $106,669
Medical $29,528 $836 $6,697 $37,061 $3,025 $15,274 $172 $18,472 $0 $0 $0 $55,533
Public Health $10,893 $948 $6,761 $18,602 $75 $6,813 $2,911 $9,799 $0 $641 $641 $29,042
Extension $2,285 $1,625 $5 $3,915 $188 $8,567 $1,155 $9,910 $0 $0 $0 $13,825
University Total $660,697 $60,744 $71,921 $793,362 $13,551 $104,444 $93,526 $211,521 $63,028 $28,508 $91,535 $1,096,418
Source: OIRA Financial Aid Data Collection
1 FY2024–2025 College loans include $8,146,207 in parental loans.
2 In addition to institutional and federal jobs, GSAS also reports outside jobs. These have been aggregated with the institutional jobs.
3 FY2024–2025 Business excludes $14,807,711 in outside employee support.

Last updated 12/4/25 | Download PDF of this Table

Historical Financial Assistance Trends

Degree Student Financial Assistance by School and Award Type
FY2016–FY2025 ($ in thousands)
2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-20211 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
College2
Grant $185,570 $192,649 $205,697 $215,391 $226,900 $186,365 $255,580 $266,697 $280,975 $293,202
Job $7,899 $7,086 $8,713 $8,845 $7,000 $1,432 $9,972 $10,004 $9,939 $10,271
Loan $11,361 $11,669 $12,204 $12,278 $11,891 $6,037 $11,235 $14,789 $15,016 $16,099
Total $204,830 $211,404 $226,613 $236,514 $245,791 $193,833 $276,787 $291,490 $305,929 $319,572
GSAS
Grant $157,505 $175,364 $180,258 $194,663 $208,476 $215,019 $215,575 $219,656 $234,259 $255,034
Job $47,461 $51,526 $51,574 $56,416 $58,429 $63,846 $67,937 $71,652 $71,695 $78,484
Loan $1,239 $1,037 $1,833 $1,882 $1,771 $1,273 $3,558 $4,113 $1,087 $1,523
Total $206,205 $227,926 $233,665 $252,961 $268,676 $280,137 $287,071 $295,421 $307,041 $335,041
Business3
Grant $42,480 $42,591 $47,579 $47,739 $47,990 $42,492 $47,503 $55,396 $58,434 $53,640
Job — — — — — — — — — —
Loan $42,618 $44,420 $44,794 $43,508 $45,623 $33,128 $46,400 $59,151 $47,671 $43,945
Total $85,098 $87,010 $92,373 $91,246 $93,613 $75,620 $93,903 $114,546 $106,105 $97,585
Dental
Grant $3,233 $3,599 $1,880 $4,401 $4,177 $4,407 $4,988 $4,861 $5,070 $5,118
Job — — — — — — — — — —
Loan $9,059 $9,303 $8,674 $8,718 $9,905 $10,275 $9,462 $9,943 $9,545 $9,582
Total $12,292 $12,902 $10,554 $13,119 $14,082 $14,682 $14,450 $14,804 $14,615 $14,699
Design
Grant $14,894 $16,284 $17,731 $18,393 $19,345 $18,063 $19,133 $19,992 $19,393 $21,178
Job $1,889 $1,804 $499 $636 $602 $652 $686 $688 $553 $697
Loan $7,731 $7,335 $7,198 $8,196 $7,344 $4,884 $7,181 $7,069 $7,390 $6,516
Total $24,515 $25,423 $25,429 $27,224 $27,291 $23,598 $27,000 $27,749 $27,336 $28,391
Divinity
Grant $7,479 $7,140 $7,371 $6,179 $6,776 $7,461 $9,097 $9,418 $9,169 $9,891
Job $659 $605 $938 $845 $814 $474 $740 $765 $682 $677
Loan $2,265 $2,069 $2,395 $1,926 $1,650 $1,186 $1,880 $1,910 $2,014 $2,092
Total $10,403 $9,813 $10,705 $8,949 $9,240 $9,120 $11,717 $12,093 $11,864 $12,660
Education
Grant $16,004 $16,158 $16,851 $17,911 $16,263 $17,605 $15,341 $15,148 $18,362 $18,975
Job $3,673 $2,757 $414 $427 $880 $675 $546 $455 $576 $765
Loan $12,813 $12,730 $13,310 $12,941 $11,172 $14,204 $13,688 $10,890 $11,781 $13,311
Total $32,490 $31,646 $30,575 $31,279 $28,315 $32,484 $29,575 $26,494 $30,719 $33,051
Government
Grant $32,862 $31,958 $33,587 $33,985 $33,923 $27,173 $33,356 $42,603 $36,624 $39,060
Job $1,153 $1,106 $1,474 $1,773 $1,926 $105 $28 — — —
Loan $10,271 $10,048 $12,176 $12,901 $12,184 $11,968 $13,941 $28,432 $13,217 $11,289
Total $44,286 $43,112 $47,237 $48,659 $48,033 $39,247 $47,324 $71,036 $49,840 $50,349
Law
Grant $30,707 $30,297 $32,794 $33,553 $37,496 $35,669 $41,628 $40,817 $39,716 $37,686
Job $721 $796 $495 $540 $348 $188 $274 $727 $770 —
Loan $71,787 $74,413 $75,168 $72,517 $71,451 $64,928 $65,769 $70,145 $71,743 $68,983
Total $103,215 $105,506 $108,457 $106,610 $109,295 $100,786 $107,670 $111,690 $112,229 $106,669
Medical
Grant $29,709 $27,293 $26,505 $28,288 $31,640 $32,273 $33,074 $33,285 $35,876 $37,061
Job — — — $4 — $1 — — — —
Loan $13,925 $14,948 $14,034 $14,461 $13,873 $13,480 $14,535 $15,823 $17,012 $18,472
Total $43,634 $42,241 $40,538 $42,753 $45,512 $45,754 $47,609 $49,108 $52,888 $55,533
Public Health
Grant $20,916 $17,812 $17,241 $16,198 $15,849 $15,503 $17,618 $18,429 $18,216 $18,602
Job $106 $142 $184 $625 $263 $157 $164 $164 $647 $641
Loan $8,056 $8,904 $9,657 $11,708 $7,372 $7,730 $8,426 $9,432 $9,190 $9,799
Total $29,077 $26,858 $27,081 $28,531 $23,484 $23,390 $26,207 $28,025 $28,053 $29,042
Extension
Grant $2,622 $3,171 $4,016 $4,387 $3,506 $4,593 $4,387 $4,049 $3,801 $3,915
Job — — — — — — — — — —
Loan $6,299 $6,929 $8,743 $9,203 $10,764 $10,186 $9,970 $9,900 $10,233 $9,910
Total $8,921 $10,100 $12,759 $13,590 $14,269 $14,779 $14,358 $13,949 $14,034 $13,825
A.R.T.4
Grant $187 $172 — — — — — — — —
Job $34 $37 — — — — — — — —
Loan $1,464 $1,421 — — — — — — — —
Total $1,684 $1,629 — — — — — — — —
University Total $806,649 $835,572 $865,987 $901,436 $927,601 $853,429 $983,672 $1,056,404 $1,060,654 $1,096,418
Source: OIRA Financial Aid Data Collection
Dollar amounts listed are not adjusted for inflation.
1 FY2020-2021 coincides with the year of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
2 College loans include parental loans.
3 Business excludes outside employee support.
4 Since 2019, the American Reperatory Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University (ART) has not been accepting new students. There are no remaining students in its programs.

Last updated 12/4/25 | Download PDF of this Table