West Virginia 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 West Virginia Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 79,778, which is 73.00 % of all undergraduate students. 41,694 students which is 53.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $7,211.

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	84,274 (74%)	$9,156	39,093 (43%)	$3,994	52,050 (59%)	$7,086
2014-15	86,841 (76%)	$9,907	38,588 (43%)	$4,017	50,512 (59%)	$7,076
2015-16	83,540 (72%)	$10,216	35,235 (42%)	$4,209	46,016 (57%)	$7,328
2016-17	80,129 (72%)	$10,326	33,596 (41%)	$4,160	43,684 (53%)	$7,489
2017-18	77,903 (71%)	$10,764	33,319 (41%)	$4,292	42,579 (54%)	$7,257
2018-19	77,848 (71%)	$10,760	31,637 (40%)	$4,474	38,478 (50%)	$7,257
2019-20	77,521 (73%)	$11,393	30,529 (41%)	$4,468	36,728 (50%)	$7,139
2020-21	77,242 (74%)	$10,640	28,454 (39%)	$4,582	33,451 (48%)	$7,035
2021-22	72,707 (74%)	$11,799	27,088 (38%)	$4,807	31,751 (49%)	$7,232
Average	79,778 (73.00%)	$10,551	33,060 (40.89%)	$4,334	41,694 (53.22%)	$7,211

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 11,166 (91.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $11,216. It can cover 64.42% of tuition & fees ($17,413) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 7,741 (64.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,099).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	11,512 (90%)	$9,441	8,703 (68%)	$7,145
2014-15	11,183 (91%)	$9,788	8,452 (67%)	$7,101
2015-16	11,139 (87%)	$9,983	7,974 (64%)	$7,089
2016-17	11,333 (89%)	$11,466	8,169 (64%)	$7,475
2017-18	11,613 (91%)	$11,640	8,448 (67%)	$7,033
2018-19	11,313 (92%)	$12,053	7,501 (61%)	$7,147
2019-20	11,118 (93%)	$12,041	7,309 (62%)	$6,823
2020-21	10,640 (91%)	$11,473	6,558 (63%)	$7,086
2021-22	10,644 (95%)	$13,063	6,557 (60%)	$6,990
Average	11,166 (91.00%)	$11,216	7,741 (64.00%)	$7,099

^*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, 5,296 (52.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,542. In addition, 5,611 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (40.67 % 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	5,884 (51%)	$4,311	1,648 (20%)	$1,101	5,966 (40%)	$3,446	7,746 (60%)	$6,530
2014-15	5,748 (55%)	$4,199	1,763 (20%)	$944	5,640 (39%)	$3,431	7,868 (65%)	$6,949
2015-16	5,462 (51%)	$4,246	1,725 (20%)	$1,157	5,701 (39%)	$3,482	8,203 (65%)	$7,293
2016-17	5,701 (53%)	$4,413	1,981 (22%)	$1,203	6,028 (43%)	$3,567	8,330 (65%)	$8,277
2017-18	5,738 (54%)	$4,567	1,876 (20%)	$1,091	5,952 (39%)	$3,373	8,849 (64%)	$8,263
2018-19	5,348 (53%)	$4,649	1,824 (20%)	$1,187	5,767 (43%)	$3,434	9,144 (69%)	$8,651
2019-20	5,046 (53%)	$4,733	2,448 (35%)	$1,097	5,470 (41%)	$3,399	9,029 (68%)	$8,467
2020-21	4,427 (53%)	$4,805	2,161 (37%)	$1,270	4,852 (38%)	$3,656	8,810 (69%)	$8,559
2021-22	4,306 (49%)	$4,956	2,129 (35%)	$1,463	5,119 (44%)	$3,798	9,310 (79%)	$9,394
Average	5,296 (52.44%)	$4,542	1,951 (25.44%)	$1,168	5,611 (40.67%)	$3,510	8,588 (67.11%)	$8,043

^*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, 7,741 (64.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $7,741.

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	8,703 (68%)	$7,145	8,587 (67%)	$6,510	695 (8%)	$8,660
2014-15	8,452 (67%)	$7,101	8,374 (67%)	$6,461	701 (9%)	$9,248
2015-16	7,974 (64%)	$7,089	7,879 (63%)	$6,442	804 (8%)	$9,207
2016-17	8,169 (64%)	$7,475	8,063 (64%)	$6,543	958 (9%)	$9,580
2017-18	8,448 (67%)	$7,033	8,327 (67%)	$6,181	1,186 (9%)	$10,355
2018-19	7,501 (61%)	$7,147	7,373 (61%)	$6,120	1,134 (8%)	$10,244
2019-20	7,309 (62%)	$6,823	7,199 (61%)	$5,920	1,161 (8%)	$9,597
2020-21	6,558 (63%)	$7,086	6,396 (62%)	$6,142	1,080 (8%)	$10,660
2021-22	6,557 (60%)	$6,990	6,437 (59%)	$5,888	1,121 (11%)	$10,575
Average	7,741 (64.00%)	$7,099	7,626 (63.44%)	$6,245	982 (8.67%)	$9,792

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Grants, Scholarships, and Student Loan Stats Trends for West Virginia Colleges

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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