Washington Colleges Financial Aid Trends

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Washington Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 141,395, which is 55.89 % of all undergraduate students. 76,402 students which is 33.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $6,783.

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	141,827 (56%)	$8,704	93,430 (38%)	$3,961	92,558 (42%)	$7,128
2014-15	142,841 (58%)	$8,808	91,591 (38%)	$3,908	91,948 (41%)	$7,034
2015-16	140,218 (55%)	$8,888	84,342 (32%)	$3,954	86,281 (36%)	$6,873
2016-17	136,536 (54%)	$8,816	79,979 (31%)	$3,995	81,931 (36%)	$7,044
2017-18	142,657 (54%)	$9,768	79,508 (31%)	$4,220	78,643 (33%)	$6,916
2018-19	142,535 (53%)	$10,163	77,225 (30%)	$4,312	75,075 (31%)	$6,610
2019-20	147,841 (56%)	$10,382	75,334 (29%)	$4,274	70,031 (30%)	$6,559
2020-21	139,565 (57%)	$11,238	64,905 (28%)	$4,382	57,510 (28%)	$6,480
2021-22	138,535 (60%)	$11,693	60,799 (28%)	$4,335	53,642 (26%)	$6,406
Average	141,395 (55.89%)	$9,829	78,568 (31.67%)	$4,149	76,402 (33.67%)	$6,783

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 25,385 (67.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $10,273. It can cover 76.40% of tuition & fees ($13,446) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 13,071 (34.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,074).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	22,973 (69%)	$8,836	14,449 (43%)	$6,277
2014-15	23,496 (70%)	$9,083	13,960 (41%)	$6,127
2015-16	25,624 (66%)	$9,689	14,606 (35%)	$6,132
2016-17	25,926 (67%)	$9,557	14,492 (36%)	$6,236
2017-18	26,744 (67%)	$10,072	14,106 (35%)	$6,139
2018-19	27,269 (66%)	$10,556	13,886 (32%)	$5,711
2019-20	28,019 (70%)	$11,309	12,910 (30%)	$5,906
2020-21	23,140 (65%)	$11,516	9,037 (27%)	$6,065
2021-22	25,275 (70%)	$11,840	10,197 (27%)	$6,070
Average	25,385 (67.78%)	$10,273	13,071 (34.00%)	$6,074

^*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, 12,201 (39.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,367. In addition, 10,426 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (31.67 % 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	12,985 (47%)	$4,229	5,219 (13%)	$1,274	8,605 (30%)	$4,812	15,976 (39%)	$5,019
2014-15	12,565 (46%)	$4,241	4,878 (11%)	$1,241	8,969 (31%)	$5,000	16,818 (41%)	$5,146
2015-16	12,709 (40%)	$4,251	5,488 (11%)	$1,261	9,403 (29%)	$5,349	19,078 (42%)	$5,678
2016-17	12,469 (39%)	$4,285	5,476 (13%)	$1,396	9,622 (29%)	$5,273	19,292 (44%)	$5,560
2017-18	13,173 (41%)	$4,372	5,830 (12%)	$1,511	10,169 (30%)	$5,507	20,484 (43%)	$5,864
2018-19	12,811 (39%)	$4,368	6,093 (14%)	$1,430	10,267 (30%)	$5,476	21,125 (42%)	$6,262
2019-20	12,954 (39%)	$4,532	10,476 (28%)	$1,367	12,153 (33%)	$5,741	21,052 (44%)	$6,392
2020-21	9,779 (33%)	$4,614	9,492 (28%)	$1,654	12,020 (36%)	$5,106	17,075 (42%)	$6,685
2021-22	10,365 (35%)	$4,408	12,417 (39%)	$2,363	12,627 (37%)	$5,079	18,602 (44%)	$6,569
Average	12,201 (39.89%)	$4,367	7,263 (18.78%)	$1,500	10,426 (31.67%)	$5,260	18,834 (42.33%)	$5,908

^*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, 13,071 (34.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $13,071.

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	14,449 (43%)	$6,277	14,277 (43%)	$5,832	929 (4%)	$10,707
2014-15	13,960 (41%)	$6,127	13,758 (42%)	$5,641	946 (5%)	$10,581
2015-16	14,606 (35%)	$6,132	14,374 (35%)	$5,403	1,140 (6%)	$10,605
2016-17	14,492 (36%)	$6,236	14,280 (36%)	$5,549	1,034 (4%)	$10,763
2017-18	14,106 (35%)	$6,139	13,868 (35%)	$5,436	1,123 (5%)	$10,892
2018-19	13,886 (32%)	$5,711	13,591 (32%)	$4,832	1,395 (5%)	$12,238
2019-20	12,910 (30%)	$5,906	12,632 (30%)	$5,000	1,352 (5%)	$13,067
2020-21	9,037 (27%)	$6,065	8,800 (27%)	$5,267	895 (4%)	$12,350
2021-22	10,197 (27%)	$6,070	9,965 (27%)	$5,171	1,058 (5%)	$15,106
Average	13,071 (34.00%)	$6,074	12,838 (34.11%)	$5,348	1,097 (4.78%)	$11,812

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Grants, Scholarships, and Student Loan Stats Trends for Washington Colleges

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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