How MUW'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 Mississippi University for Women since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,220, which is 89.11 % of all undergraduate students. 1,307 students which is 52.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,847.

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	2,035 (84%)	$5,737	1,146 (47%)	$4,147	1,425 (59%)	$8,013
2014-15	2,211 (87%)	$6,231	1,237 (49%)	$4,518	1,505 (60%)	$8,233
2015-16	2,164 (88%)	$6,586	1,130 (46%)	$4,712	1,383 (56%)	$7,951
2016-17	2,435 (89%)	$6,333	1,133 (41%)	$4,758	1,436 (52%)	$7,868
2017-18	2,302 (89%)	$7,284	1,266 (49%)	$5,164	1,417 (55%)	$7,590
2018-19	2,162 (86%)	$5,872	1,166 (47%)	$5,468	1,345 (54%)	$7,731
2019-20	2,354 (91%)	$6,221	1,193 (46%)	$5,579	1,297 (50%)	$7,965
2020-21	2,245 (93%)	$6,151	1,034 (43%)	$5,808	1,066 (44%)	$7,762
2021-22	2,070 (95%)	$7,579	926 (43%)	$5,931	891 (41%)	$7,513
Average	2,220 (89.11%)	$6,444	1,137 (45.67%)	$5,121	1,307 (52.33%)	$7,847

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 204 (97.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $9,164. It can cover 113.25% of tuition & fees ($8,092) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 118 (56.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,094).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	175 (96%)	$7,855	115 (63%)	$5,593
2014-15	238 (98%)	$9,035	154 (64%)	$6,591
2015-16	245 (100%)	$9,846	129 (52%)	$5,530
2016-17	286 (99%)	$10,806	126 (44%)	$6,026
2017-18	215 (99%)	$10,500	152 (70%)	$5,882
2018-19	173 (93%)	$7,762	108 (58%)	$6,573
2019-20	167 (98%)	$8,489	112 (66%)	$6,468
2020-21	172 (97%)	$8,298	77 (43%)	$5,967
2021-22	162 (97%)	$9,887	87 (52%)	$6,219
Average	204 (97.44%)	$9,164	118 (56.89%)	$6,094

^*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, 120 (58.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,354.

In addition, 59 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (29.56 % 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	106 (58%)	$4,574	36 (20%)	$617	60 (33%)	$1,162	135 (74%)	$5,910
2014-15	153 (63%)	$4,996	25 (10%)	$600	65 (27%)	$1,701	188 (78%)	$6,705
2015-16	138 (56%)	$4,821	21 (9%)	$524	51 (21%)	$2,205	206 (84%)	$7,881
2016-17	122 (42%)	$5,232	29 (10%)	$565	57 (20%)	$2,352	243 (84%)	$9,472
2017-18	133 (61%)	$5,150	27 (12%)	$578	60 (28%)	$2,305	175 (81%)	$8,107
2018-19	116 (62%)	$5,808	31 (17%)	$561	59 (32%)	$2,635	119 (64%)	$4,171
2019-20	110 (65%)	$5,822	132 (78%)	$1,357	57 (34%)	$2,881	120 (71%)	$3,617
2020-21	102 (57%)	$5,873	91 (51%)	$871	61 (34%)	$2,548	143 (80%)	$4,150
2021-22	98 (59%)	$5,906	154 (92%)	$1,971	62 (37%)	$2,290	129 (77%)	$4,477
Average	120 (58.11%)	$5,354	61 (33.22%)	$849	59 (29.56%)	$2,231	162 (77.00%)	$6,054

^*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, 118 (56.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $118.

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	115 (63%)	$5,593	114 (63%)	$5,589	2 (1%)	$3,000
2014-15	154 (64%)	$6,591	154 (64%)	$6,488	3 (1%)	$5,291
2015-16	129 (52%)	$5,530	129 (52%)	$5,429	2 (1%)	$6,500
2016-17	126 (44%)	$6,026	126 (44%)	$5,966	2 (1%)	$3,750
2017-18	152 (70%)	$5,882	150 (69%)	$5,423	13 (6%)	$6,199
2018-19	108 (58%)	$6,573	106 (57%)	$6,190	5 (3%)	$10,743
2019-20	112 (66%)	$6,468	112 (66%)	$6,105	5 (3%)	$8,140
2020-21	77 (43%)	$5,967	77 (43%)	$5,454	4 (2%)	$9,875
2021-22	87 (52%)	$6,219	83 (50%)	$5,512	7 (4%)	$11,937
Average	118 (56.89%)	$6,094	117 (56.44%)	$5,795	5 (2.44%)	$7,271

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at MUW

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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