Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at NWBC

Over the past 6 years (2017-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 472, which is 85.00 % of all undergraduate students. 487 students which is 87.80% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,672.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 90.20% of students received grants or scholarships and 91% of students received student loans.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Northwestern College since 2017.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 472, which is 85.00 % of all undergraduate students. 487 students which is 87.80% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,672.

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
2017-18	601 (93%)	$6,146	531 (82%)	$4,883	593 (91%)	$10,648
2018-19	510 (85%)	$4,726	463 (78%)	$3,586	513 (86%)	$8,122
2019-20	469 (80%)	$6,246	469 (80%)	$4,775	542 (93%)	$10,396
2020-21	376 (81%)	$8,076	375 (81%)	$5,127	421 (91%)	$11,290
2021-22	406 (86%)	$2,378	378 (80%)	$1,371	368 (78%)	$2,902
Average	472 (85.00%)	$5,514	443 (80.20%)	$3,948	487 (87.80%)	$8,672

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

Overview

For the last 6 years, on average, 68 (90.20 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,157. It can cover 33.33% of tuition & fees ($18,475).

In addition, 71 (90.80 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,776).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2017-18	87 (73%)	$6,234	93 (78%)	$8,671
2018-19	75 (97%)	$6,219	75 (97%)	$8,667
2019-20	111 (92%)	$6,315	120 (99%)	$7,706
2020-21	48 (98%)	$9,334	46 (94%)	$10,864
2021-22	20 (91%)	$2,684	19 (86%)	$2,970
Average	68 (90.20%)	$6,157	71 (90.80%)	$7,776

^*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 6 years, on average, 67 (87.80 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,444.

In addition, 30 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (44.40 % 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
2017-18	82 (68%)	$5,405	16 (13%)	$632	23 (19%)	$2,660	8 (7%)	$3,475
2018-19	73 (95%)	$4,881	63 (82%)	$702	22 (29%)	$2,995	-	-
2019-20	111 (92%)	$4,035	77 (64%)	$639	58 (48%)	$3,229	14 (12%)	$1,184
2020-21	48 (98%)	$6,079	26 (53%)	$715	37 (76%)	$3,310	10 (20%)	$1,518
2021-22	19 (86%)	$1,819	5 (23%)	$200	11 (50%)	$1,648	-	-
Average	67 (87.80%)	$4,444	37 (47.00%)	$578	30 (44.40%)	$2,768	11 (13.00%)	$2,059

^*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 6 years, on average, 71 (90.80 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $71.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2017-18	93 (78%)	$8,671	93 (78%)	$8,520	2 (2%)	$7,005
2018-19	75 (97%)	$8,667	75 (97%)	$8,667	-	-
2019-20	120 (99%)	$7,706	117 (97%)	$7,565	3 (2%)	$13,218
2020-21	46 (94%)	$10,864	46 (94%)	$10,864	-	-
2021-22	19 (86%)	$2,970	19 (86%)	$2,970	-	-
Average	71 (90.80%)	$7,776	70 (90.40%)	$7,717	3 (2.00%)	$10,112

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