How BLC'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 Bethany Lutheran College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 576, which is 88.56 % of all undergraduate students. 387 students which is 60.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,000.

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	557 (96%)	$13,919	230 (40%)	$3,837	440 (76%)	$6,096
2014-15	510 (96%)	$14,758	209 (39%)	$3,807	381 (72%)	$6,064
2015-16	498 (95%)	$15,609	185 (35%)	$3,852	354 (68%)	$6,203
2016-17	529 (90%)	$16,498	178 (30%)	$3,754	380 (65%)	$5,903
2017-18	545 (84%)	$17,526	197 (30%)	$3,890	380 (58%)	$6,066
2018-19	622 (84%)	$18,305	214 (29%)	$4,062	414 (56%)	$5,863
2019-20	603 (81%)	$19,654	171 (23%)	$4,265	389 (52%)	$6,004
2020-21	669 (87%)	$18,714	185 (24%)	$4,318	381 (50%)	$5,923
2021-22	655 (84%)	$20,038	192 (25%)	$4,554	360 (46%)	$5,877
Average	576 (88.56%)	$17,225	196 (30.56%)	$4,038	387 (60.33%)	$6,000

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 155 (99.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $18,870. It can cover 62.88% of tuition & fees ($30,010).

In addition, 102 (66.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,969).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	146 (100%)	$14,541	114 (78%)	$7,590
2014-15	140 (99%)	$16,739	105 (74%)	$8,631
2015-16	134 (100%)	$17,323	101 (75%)	$8,866
2016-17	138 (100%)	$17,615	101 (73%)	$7,721
2017-18	135 (99%)	$19,307	95 (70%)	$8,309
2018-19	174 (99%)	$20,468	123 (70%)	$7,515
2019-20	174 (98%)	$22,012	101 (57%)	$7,966
2020-21	154 (100%)	$21,117	78 (51%)	$8,034
2021-22	198 (100%)	$20,705	99 (50%)	$7,089
Average	155 (99.44%)	$18,870	102 (66.44%)	$7,969

^*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, 53 (34.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,142.

In addition, 63 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (40.78 % 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	47 (32%)	$3,673	3 (2%)	$2,500	59 (40%)	$4,127	146 (100%)	$11,639
2014-15	62 (44%)	$3,966	7 (5%)	$3,143	62 (44%)	$4,522	140 (99%)	$12,823
2015-16	52 (39%)	$4,192	10 (7%)	$2,918	57 (43%)	$4,909	134 (100%)	$13,390
2016-17	43 (31%)	$3,651	7 (5%)	$2,683	57 (41%)	$4,785	138 (100%)	$14,365
2017-18	52 (38%)	$4,130	5 (4%)	$3,073	58 (43%)	$5,118	135 (99%)	$15,403
2018-19	58 (33%)	$4,129	6 (3%)	$2,500	74 (42%)	$5,398	174 (99%)	$16,710
2019-20	49 (28%)	$4,571	131 (74%)	$721	69 (39%)	$5,770	174 (98%)	$17,894
2020-21	50 (32%)	$4,374	108 (70%)	$752	64 (42%)	$5,534	154 (100%)	$16,869
2021-22	61 (31%)	$4,588	8 (4%)	$2,813	66 (33%)	$6,053	198 (100%)	$17,161
Average	53 (34.22%)	$4,142	32 (19.33%)	$2,345	63 (40.78%)	$5,135	155 (99.44%)	$15,139

^*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, 102 (66.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $102.

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	114 (78%)	$7,590	111 (76%)	$4,915	42 (29%)	$7,610
2014-15	105 (74%)	$8,631	105 (74%)	$5,632	36 (26%)	$8,748
2015-16	101 (75%)	$8,866	98 (73%)	$5,228	39 (29%)	$9,823
2016-17	101 (73%)	$7,721	101 (73%)	$4,829	34 (25%)	$8,592
2017-18	95 (70%)	$8,309	92 (68%)	$5,232	28 (21%)	$10,999
2018-19	123 (70%)	$7,515	122 (70%)	$5,085	29 (17%)	$10,484
2019-20	101 (57%)	$7,966	97 (54%)	$5,118	28 (16%)	$11,004
2020-21	78 (51%)	$8,034	76 (49%)	$5,283	23 (15%)	$9,790
2021-22	99 (50%)	$7,089	97 (49%)	$4,927	20 (10%)	$11,194
Average	102 (66.44%)	$7,969	100 (65.11%)	$5,139	31 (20.89%)	$9,805

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at BLC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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