Financial Aid by Institution Data

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Description

This dataset contains amounts of financial aid reported by type. Data is reported by institution. The sample for this dataset is financial aid recipients, not total student population. Data is available back to 2009.

No aggregations are performed for institutions, so only identity mappings are allowed along the institution dimension.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

How many financial aid recipients received Pell grants in 2004?
What percentage of financial aid recipients received non-federal loans from 2014-2016?
What percentage of aid provided to recipients at UNC was provided by the institution last year?

Metrics

Recipients: The number of financial aid recipients
TotalGrantDollars: The amount of grant aid
FederalGrantDollars: The amount of federal grant aid
PellGrantDollars: The amount of federal grant aid that is in the form of Pell grants
OtherFederalGrantDollars: The amount of non-Pell federal grant aid
StateLocalGrantDollars: The amount of state and local grant aid
InstitutionGrantAid: The amount of institutional grant aid
LoanDollars: The amount of loan aid
FederalLoanDollars: The amount of federal load aid
OtherLoanDollars: The amount of non-federal loan aid

Filters

Institution
Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.us.FinancialAid`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.FinancialAid/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.FinancialAid/2025.4

Metrics

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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2010"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2011"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2012"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2013"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2014"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2015"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2016"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2017"
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  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2018"
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{
  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2019"
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{
  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "TotalGrantDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2009"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2011"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2012"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2013"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2014"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2015"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2016"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2017"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2018"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2019"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2020"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2021"
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  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "FederalGrantDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2009"
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{
  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2011"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2012"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2013"
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{
  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2014"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2015"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2016"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2017"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2018"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2019"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2020"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2021"
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  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "PellGrantDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2009"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2011"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2012"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2013"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2014"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2015"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2016"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2017"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2018"
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  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2019"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "OtherFederalGrantDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2009"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2011"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2012"
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  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2013"
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  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2014"
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  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2015"
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  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2016"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2017"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2018"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2019"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "StateLocalGrantDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2009"
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  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2010"
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  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2011"
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  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2012"
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  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2019"
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{
  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "InstitutionGrantDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2009"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2011"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2012"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2013"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2014"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2015"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2016"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2017"
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  "name": "LoanDollars.2018"
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  "name": "LoanDollars.2019"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "LoanDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2009"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2011"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2012"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2013"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2014"
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  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2015"
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  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2016"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2017"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2018"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2019"
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  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2022"
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{
  "name": "FederalLoanDollars.2023"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2009"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2010"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2011"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2012"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2013"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2014"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2015"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2016"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2017"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2018"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2019"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2020"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2021"
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{
  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2022"
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  "name": "OtherLoanDollars.2023"
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  "name": "Recipients.2009"
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  "name": "Recipients.2010"
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{
  "name": "Recipients.2011"
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{
  "name": "Recipients.2012"
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{
  "name": "Recipients.2013"
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{
  "name": "Recipients.2014"
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  "name": "Recipients.2015"
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  "name": "Recipients.2016"
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  "name": "Recipients.2017"
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  "name": "Recipients.2018"
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  "name": "Recipients.2019"
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  "name": "Recipients.2020"
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  "name": "Recipients.2021"
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  "name": "Recipients.2022"
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Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Unit",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "0"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2009",
"name": "FinancialAid",
"path": "FinancialAid",
"type": "dataset",
"maxYearInclusive": "2023",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset contains amounts of financial aid reported by type. Data is reported by institution. The sample for this dataset is financial aid recipients, not total student population. Data is available back to 2009.\n\nNo aggregations are performed for institutions, so only identity mappings are allowed along the institution dimension.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* How many financial aid recipients received Pell grants in 2004?\n* What percentage of financial aid recipients received non-federal loans from 2014-2016?\n* What percentage of aid provided to recipients at UNC was provided by the institution last year?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Recipients: The number of financial aid recipients\n* TotalGrantDollars: The amount of grant aid\n* FederalGrantDollars: The amount of federal grant aid\n* PellGrantDollars: The amount of federal grant aid that is in the form of Pell grants\n* OtherFederalGrantDollars: The amount of non-Pell federal grant aid\n* StateLocalGrantDollars: The amount of state and local grant aid\n* InstitutionGrantAid: The amount of institutional grant aid\n* LoanDollars: The amount of loan aid\n* FederalLoanDollars: The amount of federal load aid\n* OtherLoanDollars: The amount of non-federal loan aid\n\n# Filters\n\n* Institution\n* Year\n",
"countryCode": "us",
"displayName": "US Financial Aid by Institution",
"currentYear": "2023",
"releaseDate": "2025-09-25 19:39:48.8169926Z",
"datarun": "2025.4",
"onlyIdentityMapping": "UnitID"
}