How MWSU'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 Missouri Western State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,389, which is 65.56 % of all undergraduate students. 2,169 students which is 41.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,787.

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	3,701 (66%)	$5,822	2,413 (43%)	$4,482	2,912 (52%)	$7,232
2014-15	3,684 (65%)	$6,410	2,408 (43%)	$4,620	2,791 (49%)	$7,007
2015-16	3,336 (63%)	$6,693	2,120 (40%)	$4,572	2,439 (46%)	$6,857
2016-17	3,171 (62%)	$6,847	1,860 (36%)	$4,552	2,208 (43%)	$6,856
2017-18	3,381 (64%)	$7,476	1,879 (36%)	$4,662	2,146 (41%)	$6,757
2018-19	3,368 (62%)	$7,849	1,859 (34%)	$4,759	2,121 (39%)	$6,560
2019-20	3,501 (65%)	$8,008	1,754 (33%)	$4,832	1,993 (37%)	$6,726
2020-21	3,329 (71%)	$7,645	1,491 (32%)	$4,814	1,609 (34%)	$6,824
2021-22	3,029 (72%)	$9,114	1,231 (29%)	$5,025	1,305 (31%)	$6,267
Average	3,389 (65.56%)	$7,318	1,891 (36.22%)	$4,702	2,169 (41.33%)	$6,787

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 759 (94.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,689. It can cover 43.96% of tuition & fees ($17,490) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 438 (53.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,128).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	768 (91%)	$5,798	490 (58%)	$6,079
2014-15	826 (92%)	$6,531	523 (58%)	$6,199
2015-16	735 (92%)	$6,820	436 (54%)	$5,883
2016-17	726 (92%)	$6,882	409 (52%)	$6,094
2017-18	865 (95%)	$7,540	489 (54%)	$5,872
2018-19	900 (94%)	$8,039	540 (56%)	$6,050
2019-20	855 (97%)	$8,608	483 (55%)	$6,449
2020-21	618 (98%)	$8,453	327 (52%)	$6,432
2021-22	537 (100%)	$10,531	247 (46%)	$6,092
Average	759 (94.56%)	$7,689	438 (53.89%)	$6,128

^*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, 413 (51.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,858.

In addition, 387 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (47.56 % 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	444 (53%)	$4,520	92 (11%)	$505	395 (47%)	$1,245	507 (60%)	$3,763
2014-15	502 (56%)	$4,781	115 (13%)	$609	487 (54%)	$1,708	560 (62%)	$3,737
2015-16	426 (53%)	$4,623	97 (12%)	$627	406 (51%)	$2,052	531 (66%)	$4,048
2016-17	380 (48%)	$4,799	84 (11%)	$619	360 (46%)	$2,415	538 (69%)	$4,185
2017-18	442 (49%)	$4,813	69 (8%)	$562	441 (49%)	$2,139	709 (78%)	$4,813
2018-19	490 (51%)	$4,930	110 (11%)	$584	490 (51%)	$2,174	734 (77%)	$5,027
2019-20	448 (51%)	$5,046	703 (79%)	$747	430 (49%)	$2,256	668 (75%)	$5,396
2020-21	303 (48%)	$5,008	514 (81%)	$817	257 (41%)	$2,179	492 (78%)	$5,542
2021-22	278 (52%)	$5,200	526 (98%)	$2,243	215 (40%)	$2,531	472 (88%)	$5,265
Average	413 (51.22%)	$4,858	257 (36.00%)	$813	387 (47.56%)	$2,078	579 (72.56%)	$4,642

^*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, 438 (53.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $438.

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	490 (58%)	$6,079	490 (58%)	$5,970	8 (1%)	$6,685
2014-15	523 (58%)	$6,199	521 (58%)	$5,943	19 (2%)	$7,671
2015-16	436 (54%)	$5,883	435 (54%)	$5,708	13 (2%)	$6,290
2016-17	409 (52%)	$6,094	409 (52%)	$5,745	22 (3%)	$6,488
2017-18	489 (54%)	$5,872	487 (54%)	$5,576	17 (2%)	$9,170
2018-19	540 (56%)	$6,050	539 (56%)	$5,618	29 (3%)	$8,234
2019-20	483 (55%)	$6,449	479 (54%)	$6,001	28 (3%)	$8,598
2020-21	327 (52%)	$6,432	323 (51%)	$5,533	30 (5%)	$10,537
2021-22	247 (46%)	$6,092	243 (45%)	$5,331	22 (4%)	$9,515
Average	438 (53.89%)	$6,128	436 (53.56%)	$5,714	21 (2.78%)	$8,132

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at MWSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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