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 2,517, which is 86.78 % of all undergraduate students. 1,780 students which is 61.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,837.

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	2,821 (87%)	$14,904	887 (27%)	$3,791	2,160 (66%)	$7,398
2014-15	2,697 (89%)	$15,954	775 (26%)	$3,876	2,001 (66%)	$7,257
2015-16	2,605 (88%)	$17,126	743 (25%)	$4,063	1,949 (66%)	$7,126
2016-17	2,605 (88%)	$18,309	707 (24%)	$3,838	1,877 (63%)	$6,873
2017-18	2,562 (89%)	$19,904	738 (26%)	$4,191	1,826 (64%)	$6,666
2018-19	2,538 (89%)	$21,527	731 (26%)	$4,133	1,736 (61%)	$6,603
2019-20	2,459 (88%)	$21,169	672 (24%)	$4,035	1,680 (60%)	$6,500
2020-21	2,259 (84%)	$21,959	570 (21%)	$4,372	1,463 (55%)	$6,562
2021-22	2,109 (79%)	$22,134	538 (20%)	$4,313	1,328 (50%)	$6,550
Average	2,517 (86.78%)	$19,221	707 (24.33%)	$4,068	1,780 (61.22%)	$6,837

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 567 (99.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $21,730. It can cover 50.62% of tuition & fees ($42,930).

In addition, 388 (68.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $9,538).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	608 (100%)	$17,399	451 (74%)	$9,366
2014-15	602 (100%)	$17,608	421 (70%)	$9,856
2015-16	614 (100%)	$19,932	428 (70%)	$10,078
2016-17	554 (99%)	$19,821	392 (70%)	$9,141
2017-18	581 (100%)	$23,246	411 (71%)	$8,558
2018-19	608 (100%)	$24,792	412 (68%)	$8,931
2019-20	577 (99%)	$23,655	369 (64%)	$9,874
2020-21	469 (99%)	$24,534	308 (65%)	$9,573
2021-22	492 (98%)	$24,586	304 (61%)	$10,464
Average	567 (99.44%)	$21,730	388 (68.11%)	$9,538

^*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, 143 (25.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,154.

In addition, 203 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (35.78 % 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	166 (27%)	$3,949	21 (3%)	$9,217	206 (34%)	$4,117	608 (100%)	$14,608
2014-15	157 (26%)	$3,987	58 (10%)	$5,177	197 (33%)	$4,486	602 (100%)	$14,602
2015-16	166 (27%)	$4,232	53 (9%)	$4,726	200 (33%)	$5,112	614 (100%)	$16,715
2016-17	127 (23%)	$3,919	19 (3%)	$9,318	208 (37%)	$4,772	554 (99%)	$16,811
2017-18	160 (28%)	$4,105	27 (5%)	$9,595	224 (39%)	$5,161	581 (100%)	$19,680
2018-19	142 (23%)	$4,388	33 (5%)	$8,052	240 (39%)	$5,072	607 (100%)	$21,363
2019-20	135 (23%)	$4,141	23 (4%)	$4,348	212 (37%)	$5,583	577 (99%)	$20,462
2020-21	120 (25%)	$4,475	9 (2%)	$3,694	167 (35%)	$6,024	469 (99%)	$21,173
2021-22	115 (23%)	$4,190	48 (10%)	$4,547	174 (35%)	$5,452	491 (98%)	$21,278
Average	143 (25.00%)	$4,154	32 (5.67%)	$6,519	203 (35.78%)	$5,087	567 (99.44%)	$18,521

^*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, 388 (68.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $388.

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	451 (74%)	$9,366	446 (73%)	$5,956	126 (21%)	$12,440
2014-15	421 (70%)	$9,856	420 (70%)	$6,295	114 (19%)	$13,204
2015-16	428 (70%)	$10,078	424 (69%)	$6,168	116 (19%)	$14,639
2016-17	392 (70%)	$9,141	386 (69%)	$5,488	99 (18%)	$14,797
2017-18	411 (71%)	$8,558	410 (71%)	$5,345	104 (18%)	$12,749
2018-19	412 (68%)	$8,931	407 (67%)	$5,470	107 (18%)	$13,581
2019-20	369 (64%)	$9,874	366 (63%)	$5,400	111 (19%)	$15,020
2020-21	308 (65%)	$9,573	308 (65%)	$5,559	80 (17%)	$15,453
2021-22	304 (61%)	$10,464	300 (60%)	$5,388	96 (19%)	$16,297
Average	388 (68.11%)	$9,538	385 (67.44%)	$5,674	106 (18.67%)	$14,242

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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