How Bates's Financial Aid Changes

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Bates College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 790, which is 43.78 % of all undergraduate students. 395 students which is 21.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,038.

Year	Grant or Scholarship^*		Pell Grants		Federal Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	815 (46%)	$37,156	209 (12%)	$4,406	512 (29%)	$5,158
2014-15	809 (46%)	$37,942	187 (11%)	$4,515	501 (28%)	$4,964
2015-16	800 (45%)	$39,027	185 (10%)	$4,445	490 (27%)	$4,744
2016-17	822 (46%)	$40,057	192 (11%)	$4,418	429 (24%)	$5,152
2017-18	793 (44%)	$42,790	192 (11%)	$4,616	395 (22%)	$4,978
2018-19	800 (44%)	$44,395	204 (11%)	$4,526	383 (21%)	$4,998
2019-20	800 (44%)	$46,375	204 (11%)	$4,649	329 (18%)	$5,060
2020-21	754 (40%)	$49,261	176 (9%)	$5,183	269 (14%)	$5,148
2021-22	714 (39%)	$50,877	182 (10%)	$5,126	245 (13%)	$5,143
Average	790 (43.78%)	$43,098	192 (10.67%)	$4,654	395 (21.78%)	$5,038

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 210 (41.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $44,263. It can cover 69.73% of tuition & fees ($63,478).

In addition, 103 (20.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,863).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	238 (48%)	$38,938	130 (26%)	$5,912
2014-15	210 (43%)	$37,814	116 (24%)	$6,679
2015-16	217 (42%)	$40,535	129 (25%)	$8,298
2016-17	212 (43%)	$43,238	115 (23%)	$7,255
2017-18	218 (43%)	$43,757	110 (22%)	$7,046
2018-19	216 (40%)	$44,499	103 (19%)	$9,881
2019-20	205 (41%)	$47,661	82 (16%)	$7,795
2020-21	174 (36%)	$50,509	68 (14%)	$9,173
2021-22	198 (36%)	$51,414	72 (13%)	$8,728
Average	210 (41.33%)	$44,263	103 (20.22%)	$7,863

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 50 (9.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,806.

In addition, 8 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (1.78 % of students).

Year	Federal (Pell) Grants		Other Federal		State/Local government		Institutional
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	64 (13%)	$4,536	-	-	19 (4%)	$771	238 (48%)	$37,657
2014-15	45 (9%)	$4,590	-	-	8 (2%)	$931	210 (43%)	$36,795
2015-16	52 (10%)	$4,220	-	-	6 (1%)	$1,367	217 (42%)	$39,486
2016-17	54 (11%)	$4,446	-	-	10 (2%)	$1,474	210 (42%)	$42,437
2017-18	54 (11%)	$4,702	-	-	3 (1%)	$1,500	218 (43%)	$42,572
2018-19	47 (9%)	$4,625	-	-	9 (2%)	$1,583	216 (40%)	$43,427
2019-20	47 (9%)	$5,033	108 (22%)	$1,090	10 (2%)	$1,580	205 (41%)	$45,856
2020-21	39 (8%)	$5,369	124 (26%)	$1,488	4 (1%)	$1,500	174 (36%)	$48,211
2021-22	51 (9%)	$5,735	143 (26%)	$1,433	7 (1%)	$2,286	198 (36%)	$48,821
Average	50 (9.89%)	$4,806	125 (24.67%)	$1,337	8 (1.78%)	$1,444	210 (41.22%)	$42,807

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentage of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Student Loans

The following table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time.

For the last 10 years, on average, 103 (20.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $103.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	130 (26%)	$5,912	129 (26%)	$4,434	10 (2%)	$19,649
2014-15	116 (24%)	$6,679	109 (22%)	$4,113	15 (3%)	$21,765
2015-16	129 (25%)	$8,298	118 (23%)	$3,848	23 (4%)	$26,798
2016-17	115 (23%)	$7,255	106 (21%)	$4,014	21 (4%)	$19,469
2017-18	110 (22%)	$7,046	96 (19%)	$3,920	18 (4%)	$22,149
2018-19	103 (19%)	$9,881	95 (17%)	$4,065	24 (4%)	$26,315
2019-20	82 (16%)	$7,795	75 (15%)	$4,293	15 (3%)	$21,147
2020-21	68 (14%)	$9,173	58 (12%)	$4,182	16 (3%)	$23,825
2021-22	72 (13%)	$8,728	65 (12%)	$4,326	11 (2%)	$31,569
Average	103 (20.22%)	$7,863	95 (18.56%)	$4,133	17 (3.22%)	$23,632

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Bates

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Freshmen (First-time, Full-time Undergraduate) Financial Aid Over Time