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H. FINANCIAL AID
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Please refer to the following financial aid definitions when completing Section H.

Financial aid applicant: Any applicant who submits any one of the institutionally required financial aid applications/forms, such as the FAFSA.

Indebtedness: Aggregate dollar amount borrowed through any loan programs (federal, state, subsidized, unsubsidized, private, etc.; excluding parent loans) while the student was enrolled at an institution. Student loans co-signed by a parent are assumed to be the responsibility of the student and should be included.

Institutional and external funds: Endowment, alumni, or external monies for which the institution determines the recipient or the dollar amount awarded.

Financial need: As determined by your institution using the federal methodology and/or your institution's own standards.

Need-based aid: College-funded or college-administered award from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify. This includes both institutional and noninstitutional student aid (grants, jobs, and loans).

Need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must have financial need to qualify.

Need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, federal, or other sources for which a student must demonstrate financial need to qualify.

Non-need-based scholarship or grant aid: Scholarships and grants, gifts, or merit-based aid from institutional, state, federal, or other sources (including unrestricted funds or gifts and endowment income) awarded solely on the basis of academic achievement, merit, or any other non-need-based reason. When reporting questions H1 and H2, non-need-based aid that is used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid.

Note: Suggested order of precedence for counting non-need money as need-based:
Non-need institutional grants
Non-need tuition waivers
Non-need athletic awards
Non-need federal grants
Non-need state grants
Non-need outside grants
Non-need student loans
Non-need parent loans
Non-need work

Non-need-based self-help aid: Loans and jobs from institutional, state, or other sources for which a student need not demonstrate financial need to qualify.

Scholarships/grants from external sources: Monies received from outside (private) sources that the student brings with them (e.g., Kiwanis, National Merit scholarships). The institution may process paperwork to receive the dollars, but it has no role in determining the recipient or the dollar amount awarded.

Work study and employment: Federal and state work study aid, and any employment packaged by your institution in financial aid awards.

Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates

H1. Enter total dollar amounts awarded to full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS Question B1, "total degree-seeking" undergraduates) in the following categories. (Note: If the data being reported are final figures for the 2002-2003 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2002-2003 academic year's CDS Question B1 cohort.) Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid). Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid column. (For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for "non-need-based gift aid" on the last page of the definitions section.)

Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, and H6 below:

2003-2004 estimated or
2002-2003 final

Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid? (Formerly H3)

Federal methodology (FM)
Institutional methodology (IM)
Both FM and IM

	Need-based (Include non-need-based aid use to meet need.)	Non-need-based (Exclude non-need-based aid use to meet need.)
	$	$
Scholarships/Grants
Federal	$4,985,949
State (i.e., all states, not only the state in which your institution is located)	$2,252,534	$84,000
Institutional (endowment, alumni, or other institutional awards) and external funds awarded by the college excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below)	$51,955,485	$139,000
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g., Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college	$3,266,033	$1,528,214
Total Scholarships/Grants	$62,460,001	$1,751,214
Self-Help
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	$12,976,377	$1,838,817
Federal Work-Study	$2,900,000
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)	$2,906,831
Total Self-Help	$18,783,208	$1,838,817
Parent Loans		$21,071,877
Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional.Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
Athletic Awards		$9,190,455

H2. Number of Enrolled Students Receiving Aid: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source. Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort receiving the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

	First-time Full-time Freshmen	Full-time Undergrad (Incl. Fresh)	Less Than Full-time Undergrad
a) Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2003 cohort)	1,941	7,789
b) Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid	1,105	3,890
c) Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need	869	3,423
d) Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid	869	3,423
e) Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid	810	3,228
f) Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid	840	3,169
g) Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid	5	22
h) Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)	869	3,423
i) On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)	100%	100%	%
j) The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)	$23,587	$24,508	$
k) Average need-based scholarship or grant award of those in line e	$19,926	$18,857	$
l) Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f	$3,661	$5,652	$
m) Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f who received a need-based loan	$2,252	$3,876	$

H2A. Number of Enrolled Students Receiving Non-need-based Grants and Scholarships: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional — not external — non-need-based scholarship or grant aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort receiving the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

	First-time Full-time Freshmen	Full-time Undergrad (Incl. Fresh)	Less Than Full-time Undergrad
n) Number of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits)	8	29
o) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based scholarship and grant aid awarded to students in line n	$5,750	$4,793	$
p) Number of students in line a who were awarded an institutional non-need-based athletic scholarship or grant	92	347
q) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based athletic scholarships and grants awarded to students in line p	$25,653	$26,484	$

H3: Incorporated into H1 above.

Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresident Aliens (Note: Report numbers and dollar amounts for the same academic year checked in item H1.)

H6. Indicate your institution's policy regarding institutional scholarship and grant aid for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens:

Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
Institutional scholarship or grant aid is not available

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who received need-based or non-need-based aid:	______
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens:	$______
Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens:	$______

Process for First-Year/Freshman Students

H7. Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year (freshman) financial aid applicants must submit:

FAFSA
Institution's own financial aid form
CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
State aid form
Noncustodial (Divorced/Separated) Parent's Statement
Business/Farm Supplement
Other: Parent and student federal tax returns

H8. Check off all financial aid forms nonresident alien first-year financial aid applicants must submit:

Institution's own financial aid form
CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
Foreign Student's Financial Aid Application
Foreign Student's Certification of Finances
Other: ___________

H9. Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students:

Priority date for filing required financial aid forms:	___________
Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:	12/01 (early decision), 02/01 (regular decision)
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis):	___________

H10. Indicate notification dates for first-year (freshman) students (answer a or b):

a.) Students notified on or about (date):	12/15 (early decision), 04/01 (regular decision)
b.) Students notified on a rolling basis:	No
If yes, starting date:	_______

H11. Indicate reply dates:

Students must reply by (date):	05/01 (regular decision)
or within	2 weeks of notification

Types of Aid Available

Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution:

H12. Loans

H13. Scholarships and Grants

H14. Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply.

Non-need	Need-based		Non-need	Need-based
		Academics			Leadership
		Alumni affiliation			Minority status
		Art	X		Music/drama
X		Athletics			Religious affiliation
		Job skills			State/district residency
X		ROTC		--------