How Fairmont 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 Fairmont State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,584, which is 70.44 % of all undergraduate students. 2,225 students which is 60.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,494.

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	2,850 (72%)	$6,887	1,860 (47%)	$4,151	2,476 (63%)	$6,946
2014-15	2,680 (71%)	$6,609	1,903 (50%)	$3,946	2,692 (71%)	$6,820
2015-16	2,467 (65%)	$6,049	1,630 (43%)	$4,158	2,413 (63%)	$7,300
2016-17	2,466 (65%)	$6,398	1,595 (42%)	$4,165	2,330 (61%)	$7,556
2017-18	2,433 (66%)	$7,199	1,492 (41%)	$4,679	2,048 (56%)	$6,429
2018-19	2,704 (74%)	$7,129	1,528 (42%)	$4,776	2,021 (55%)	$6,527
2019-20	2,722 (76%)	$7,478	1,391 (39%)	$4,842	1,861 (52%)	$6,389
2020-21	2,537 (71%)	$6,905	1,279 (36%)	$4,910	1,725 (48%)	$6,317
2021-22	2,399 (74%)	$6,647	1,152 (35%)	$4,247	2,457 (75%)	$4,163
Average	2,584 (70.44%)	$6,811	1,537 (41.67%)	$4,430	2,225 (60.44%)	$6,494

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 628 (84.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,885. It can cover 37.48% of tuition & fees ($18,372) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 466 (63.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,965).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	558 (75%)	$6,512	457 (62%)	$5,704
2014-15	548 (81%)	$6,459	440 (65%)	$5,782
2015-16	579 (72%)	$6,760	493 (61%)	$7,066
2016-17	577 (73%)	$7,045	480 (61%)	$7,550
2017-18	604 (81%)	$7,771	436 (58%)	$5,626
2018-19	771 (95%)	$7,034	470 (58%)	$5,969
2019-20	705 (94%)	$7,248	411 (55%)	$5,925
2020-21	723 (94%)	$6,593	418 (54%)	$6,285
2021-22	583 (94%)	$6,547	587 (95%)	$3,775
Average	628 (84.33%)	$6,885	466 (63.22%)	$5,965

^*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, 344 (46.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,520.

In addition, 460 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (61.67 % 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	356 (48%)	$4,300	28 (4%)	$928	432 (58%)	$3,737	286 (39%)	$1,617
2014-15	334 (49%)	$4,237	37 (5%)	$960	425 (63%)	$3,568	284 (42%)	$2,016
2015-16	368 (45%)	$4,128	48 (6%)	$692	489 (60%)	$3,741	245 (30%)	$2,174
2016-17	386 (49%)	$4,355	61 (8%)	$645	476 (60%)	$3,815	225 (28%)	$2,350
2017-18	343 (46%)	$4,669	75 (10%)	$620	477 (64%)	$3,747	326 (44%)	$3,860
2018-19	388 (48%)	$4,826	78 (10%)	$649	510 (63%)	$3,776	629 (78%)	$2,503
2019-20	343 (46%)	$4,978	65 (9%)	$939	496 (66%)	$3,909	636 (85%)	$2,204
2020-21	314 (41%)	$4,771	124 (16%)	$525	436 (57%)	$3,930	625 (81%)	$2,384
2021-22	260 (42%)	$4,412	84 (14%)	$538	396 (64%)	$3,717	516 (83%)	$2,234
Average	344 (46.00%)	$4,520	67 (9.11%)	$722	460 (61.67%)	$3,771	419 (56.67%)	$2,371

^*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, 466 (63.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $466.

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	457 (62%)	$5,704	457 (62%)	$5,154	30 (4%)	$8,378
2014-15	440 (65%)	$5,782	438 (64%)	$5,166	32 (5%)	$8,793
2015-16	493 (61%)	$7,066	490 (61%)	$6,646	27 (3%)	$8,392
2016-17	480 (61%)	$7,550	472 (60%)	$6,975	38 (5%)	$8,734
2017-18	436 (58%)	$5,626	432 (58%)	$5,031	29 (4%)	$9,647
2018-19	470 (58%)	$5,969	464 (57%)	$5,116	45 (6%)	$9,596
2019-20	411 (55%)	$5,925	408 (54%)	$5,063	39 (5%)	$9,481
2020-21	418 (54%)	$6,285	409 (53%)	$4,996	49 (6%)	$11,907
2021-22	587 (95%)	$3,775	586 (95%)	$3,103	34 (5%)	$11,695
Average	466 (63.22%)	$5,965	462 (62.67%)	$5,250	36 (4.78%)	$9,625

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Fairmont State

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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