How Bethel'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 Bethel University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,602, which is 81.78 % of all undergraduate students. 2,637 students which is 58.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,922.

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	3,843 (75%)	$8,806	3,111 (61%)	$4,140	3,918 (76%)	$8,605
2014-15	4,339 (91%)	$14,989	2,568 (54%)	$4,755	3,181 (66%)	$9,939
2015-16	3,781 (75%)	$8,090	2,426 (48%)	$4,227	3,156 (63%)	$8,266
2016-17	3,851 (80%)	$7,761	2,439 (51%)	$4,193	3,178 (66%)	$8,255
2017-18	3,795 (79%)	$8,098	2,371 (49%)	$4,265	2,956 (61%)	$7,716
2018-19	3,668 (80%)	$7,419	1,880 (41%)	$4,273	2,358 (52%)	$7,354
2019-20	3,258 (86%)	$8,130	1,518 (40%)	$4,524	1,911 (50%)	$7,224
2020-21	3,006 (87%)	$8,137	1,263 (37%)	$4,592	1,628 (47%)	$7,073
2021-22	2,873 (83%)	$8,133	1,174 (34%)	$4,463	1,449 (42%)	$6,865
Average	3,602 (81.78%)	$8,840	2,083 (46.11%)	$4,381	2,637 (58.11%)	$7,922

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 441 (95.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $13,931. It can cover 79.47% of tuition & fees ($17,530).

In addition, 351 (75.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,175).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	501 (91%)	$9,965	458 (83%)	$6,774
2014-15	443 (90%)	$11,741	360 (73%)	$7,207
2015-16	453 (92%)	$14,217	364 (74%)	$6,031
2016-17	397 (99%)	$15,098	306 (77%)	$6,881
2017-18	439 (98%)	$15,232	375 (84%)	$5,730
2018-19	401 (98%)	$15,302	312 (76%)	$5,548
2019-20	430 (97%)	$15,732	327 (73%)	$5,786
2020-21	440 (97%)	$14,696	340 (75%)	$5,610
2021-22	467 (96%)	$13,396	316 (65%)	$6,004
Average	441 (95.33%)	$13,931	351 (75.56%)	$6,175

^*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, 293 (63.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,686.

In addition, 282 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (61.78 % 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	380 (69%)	$4,166	207 (38%)	$379	223 (41%)	$4,900	282 (51%)	$7,937
2014-15	307 (63%)	$3,866	219 (45%)	$374	251 (51%)	$4,713	343 (70%)	$8,017
2015-16	291 (59%)	$4,851	170 (35%)	$483	275 (56%)	$4,934	377 (77%)	$9,522
2016-17	247 (62%)	$4,744	155 (39%)	$469	270 (68%)	$5,156	356 (89%)	$9,430
2017-18	312 (70%)	$4,782	126 (28%)	$429	299 (67%)	$4,880	381 (85%)	$9,663
2018-19	252 (62%)	$5,048	138 (34%)	$459	244 (60%)	$5,056	355 (87%)	$10,047
2019-20	300 (67%)	$5,015	330 (74%)	$987	319 (72%)	$4,635	364 (82%)	$9,494
2020-21	291 (64%)	$4,858	370 (82%)	$578	342 (76%)	$4,701	369 (82%)	$8,757
2021-22	261 (54%)	$4,846	145 (30%)	$641	314 (65%)	$4,168	401 (83%)	$8,951
Average	293 (63.33%)	$4,686	207 (45.00%)	$533	282 (61.78%)	$4,794	359 (78.44%)	$9,091

^*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, 351 (75.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $351.

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	458 (83%)	$6,774	458 (83%)	$6,761	1 (0%)	$5,885
2014-15	360 (73%)	$7,207	356 (73%)	$7,217	4 (1%)	$6,261
2015-16	364 (74%)	$6,031	364 (74%)	$5,966	3 (1%)	$7,909
2016-17	306 (77%)	$6,881	306 (77%)	$6,819	3 (1%)	$6,278
2017-18	375 (84%)	$5,730	374 (84%)	$5,571	8 (2%)	$8,142
2018-19	312 (76%)	$5,548	312 (76%)	$5,341	9 (2%)	$7,185
2019-20	327 (73%)	$5,786	327 (73%)	$5,743	2 (0%)	$7,000
2020-21	340 (75%)	$5,610	340 (75%)	$5,469	6 (1%)	$8,030
2021-22	316 (65%)	$6,004	316 (65%)	$5,783	10 (2%)	$6,991
Average	351 (75.56%)	$6,175	350 (75.56%)	$6,074	5 (1.43%)	$7,076

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Bethel

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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