How Bluefield State'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 Bluefield State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,086, which is 77.80 % of all undergraduate students. 765 students which is 54.70% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,138.

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	1,389 (80%)	$6,049	984 (56%)	$4,367	1,046 (60%)	$7,027
2014-15	1,208 (77%)	$6,382	884 (57%)	$4,343	912 (58%)	$6,843
2015-16	1,183 (80%)	$6,786	862 (58%)	$4,499	825 (56%)	$7,028
2016-17	1,081 (79%)	$6,862	776 (57%)	$4,470	770 (57%)	$7,313
2017-18	1,080 (78%)	$7,045	790 (57%)	$4,708	759 (55%)	$7,170
2018-19	984 (77%)	$6,683	698 (55%)	$4,757	654 (51%)	$6,980
2019-20	967 (78%)	$7,109	673 (54%)	$4,562	616 (50%)	$7,140
2020-21	942 (76%)	$7,181	591 (48%)	$4,631	667 (54%)	$7,314
2021-22	1,036 (76%)	$8,377	622 (46%)	$4,691	717 (53%)	$7,197
2022-23	987 (77%)	$9,453	522 (41%)	$4,964	685 (53%)	$7,368
Average	1,086 (77.80%)	$7,193	740 (52.90%)	$4,599	765 (54.70%)	$7,138

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

Overview

For the last 11 years, on average, 221 (90.90 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,454. It can cover 42.45% of tuition & fees ($17,560) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 120 (48.90 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,277).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	254 (86%)	$6,073	143 (48%)	$5,603
2014-15	207 (88%)	$6,617	107 (45%)	$6,050
2015-16	243 (91%)	$6,811	119 (45%)	$6,129
2016-17	177 (83%)	$6,670	94 (44%)	$6,382
2017-18	206 (94%)	$6,875	100 (46%)	$5,897
2018-19	186 (93%)	$6,909	77 (39%)	$5,877
2019-20	184 (95%)	$7,541	78 (40%)	$6,549
2020-21	170 (85%)	$7,250	113 (57%)	$5,432
2021-22	303 (96%)	$10,160	187 (60%)	$6,659
2022-23	280 (98%)	$9,634	184 (65%)	$8,193
Average	221 (90.90%)	$7,454	120 (48.90%)	$6,277

^*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 11 years, on average, 143 (59.30 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,804.

In addition, 151 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (64.60 % 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	172 (58%)	$4,706	4 (1%)	$1,922	188 (64%)	$3,286	97 (33%)	$1,111
2014-15	152 (64%)	$4,715	19 (8%)	$1,639	134 (57%)	$3,767	92 (39%)	$1,273
2015-16	185 (69%)	$4,769	19 (7%)	$1,487	189 (71%)	$3,303	81 (30%)	$1,487
2016-17	119 (56%)	$4,697	14 (7%)	$1,234	146 (69%)	$3,524	81 (38%)	$1,109
2017-18	146 (67%)	$4,765	15 (7%)	$1,187	183 (84%)	$3,161	89 (41%)	$1,398
2018-19	113 (57%)	$4,800	14 (7%)	$1,432	170 (85%)	$3,712	66 (33%)	$1,387
2019-20	126 (65%)	$4,916	12 (6%)	$1,727	165 (85%)	$3,832	71 (37%)	$1,621
2020-21	112 (56%)	$4,960	8 (4%)	$1,438	119 (60%)	$3,826	92 (46%)	$2,284
2021-22	167 (53%)	$4,919	25 (8%)	$1,242	121 (39%)	$3,733	273 (87%)	$6,499
2022-23	138 (48%)	$4,794	14 (5%)	$1,283	90 (32%)	$3,961	261 (92%)	$6,366
Average	143 (59.30%)	$4,804	14 (6.00%)	$1,459	151 (64.60%)	$3,611	120 (47.60%)	$2,454

^*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 11 years, on average, 120 (48.90 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $120.

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	143 (48%)	$5,603	142 (48%)	$5,604	1 (0%)	$5,500
2014-15	107 (45%)	$6,050	107 (45%)	$5,957	2 (1%)	$5,000
2015-16	119 (45%)	$6,129	118 (44%)	$5,937	3 (1%)	$9,592
2016-17	94 (44%)	$6,382	91 (43%)	$6,068	5 (2%)	$9,561
2017-18	100 (46%)	$5,897	99 (45%)	$5,802	2 (1%)	$7,625
2018-19	77 (39%)	$5,877	77 (39%)	$5,696	2 (1%)	$6,939
2019-20	78 (40%)	$6,549	74 (38%)	$6,493	5 (3%)	$6,074
2020-21	113 (57%)	$5,432	113 (57%)	$5,367	1 (1%)	$7,360
2021-22	187 (60%)	$6,659	185 (59%)	$6,390	13 (4%)	$4,849
2022-23	184 (65%)	$8,193	182 (64%)	$6,990	22 (8%)	$10,700
Average	120 (48.90%)	$6,277	119 (48.20%)	$6,030	6 (2.44%)	$7,320

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Bluefield State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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