How Minnesota West Community and Technical'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 Minnesota West Community and Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,076, which is 64.22 % of all undergraduate students. 832 students which is 25.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,398.

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	2,042 (63%)	$3,565	1,163 (36%)	$3,648	1,284 (40%)	$6,735
2014-15	2,039 (64%)	$3,338	1,017 (32%)	$3,640	1,047 (33%)	$6,490
2015-16	1,951 (64%)	$3,281	927 (31%)	$3,636	947 (31%)	$6,747
2016-17	1,943 (64%)	$3,515	875 (29%)	$3,769	869 (28%)	$6,979
2017-18	1,887 (60%)	$3,490	827 (26%)	$3,696	783 (25%)	$6,537
2018-19	2,033 (60%)	$3,381	829 (25%)	$3,939	795 (24%)	$6,001
2019-20	2,549 (75%)	$3,014	793 (23%)	$3,911	724 (21%)	$5,942
2020-21	2,032 (62%)	$3,532	600 (18%)	$3,869	557 (17%)	$6,327
2021-22	2,211 (66%)	$4,085	564 (17%)	$3,983	485 (14%)	$5,822
Average	2,076 (64.22%)	$3,467	844 (26.33%)	$3,788	832 (25.89%)	$6,398

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 218 (74.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,966. It can cover 40.27% of tuition & fees ($12,332) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 156 (52.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,530).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	194 (68%)	$4,424	201 (70%)	$5,882
2014-15	174 (68%)	$4,660	154 (60%)	$5,444
2015-16	194 (68%)	$4,790	163 (57%)	$5,819
2016-17	190 (70%)	$5,101	129 (47%)	$5,731
2017-18	219 (73%)	$4,856	152 (50%)	$5,090
2018-19	258 (71%)	$5,292	225 (62%)	$5,573
2019-20	287 (89%)	$4,216	157 (48%)	$5,629
2020-21	201 (75%)	$4,951	110 (41%)	$5,158
2021-22	243 (87%)	$6,403	115 (41%)	$5,441
Average	218 (74.33%)	$4,966	156 (52.89%)	$5,530

^*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, 168 (57.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,338.

In addition, 147 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (50.33 % 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	171 (60%)	$3,992	54 (19%)	$329	138 (48%)	$1,086	3 (1%)	$2,663
2014-15	150 (59%)	$4,162	21 (8%)	$438	138 (54%)	$1,133	22 (9%)	$958
2015-16	173 (60%)	$4,132	16 (6%)	$550	149 (52%)	$1,266	11 (4%)	$1,542
2016-17	150 (55%)	$4,273	15 (5%)	$427	139 (51%)	$2,220	12 (4%)	$1,087
2017-18	189 (63%)	$4,208	34 (11%)	$518	168 (56%)	$1,434	14 (5%)	$686
2018-19	225 (62%)	$4,656	15 (4%)	$747	177 (49%)	$1,716	8 (2%)	$341
2019-20	187 (58%)	$4,407	232 (72%)	$477	151 (47%)	$1,774	7 (2%)	$1,053
2020-21	129 (48%)	$4,308	156 (58%)	$985	141 (53%)	$1,975	7 (3%)	$1,045
2021-22	136 (49%)	$4,903	241 (86%)	$2,732	121 (43%)	$1,851	9 (3%)	$742
Average	168 (57.11%)	$4,338	87 (29.89%)	$800	147 (50.33%)	$1,606	10 (3.67%)	$1,124

^*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, 156 (52.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $156.

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	201 (70%)	$5,882	199 (69%)	$5,498	19 (7%)	$4,639
2014-15	154 (60%)	$5,444	154 (60%)	$5,109	10 (4%)	$5,152
2015-16	163 (57%)	$5,819	160 (56%)	$5,403	13 (5%)	$6,466
2016-17	129 (47%)	$5,731	129 (47%)	$5,350	8 (3%)	$6,137
2017-18	152 (50%)	$5,090	152 (50%)	$5,039	3 (1%)	$2,586
2018-19	225 (62%)	$5,573	221 (61%)	$5,316	16 (4%)	$4,941
2019-20	157 (48%)	$5,629	155 (48%)	$5,087	12 (4%)	$7,942
2020-21	110 (41%)	$5,158	107 (40%)	$4,749	8 (3%)	$7,412
2021-22	115 (41%)	$5,441	112 (40%)	$5,108	7 (3%)	$7,662
Average	156 (52.89%)	$5,530	154 (52.33%)	$5,184	11 (3.78%)	$5,882

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Minnesota West Community and Technical

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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