How Occidental'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 Occidental College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,457, which is 73.56 % of all undergraduate students. 877 students which is 44.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,310.

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	1,454 (71%)	$30,204	444 (22%)	$4,227	1,090 (53%)	$6,459
2014-15	1,405 (69%)	$31,964	412 (20%)	$4,342	1,015 (50%)	$6,507
2015-16	1,366 (68%)	$33,939	409 (20%)	$4,327	864 (43%)	$6,647
2016-17	1,345 (68%)	$35,099	392 (20%)	$4,327	884 (45%)	$6,765
2017-18	1,382 (70%)	$35,931	400 (20%)	$4,475	906 (46%)	$6,875
2018-19	1,368 (71%)	$38,135	384 (20%)	$4,697	865 (45%)	$5,843
2019-20	1,500 (72%)	$36,748	388 (19%)	$4,675	891 (43%)	$5,997
2020-21	1,834 (100%)	$29,286	333 (18%)	$4,853	603 (33%)	$5,670
2021-22	1,462 (73%)	$35,721	340 (17%)	$4,946	773 (39%)	$6,028
Average	1,457 (73.56%)	$34,114	389 (19.56%)	$4,541	877 (44.11%)	$6,310

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 387 (74.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $34,014. It can cover 53.61% of tuition & fees ($63,446).

In addition, 254 (47.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,452).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	376 (69%)	$30,617	306 (56%)	$6,882
2014-15	371 (68%)	$33,159	303 (55%)	$7,078
2015-16	354 (68%)	$35,056	263 (51%)	$7,240
2016-17	348 (69%)	$35,704	256 (51%)	$7,512
2017-18	410 (73%)	$34,583	273 (48%)	$8,173
2018-19	408 (72%)	$38,770	269 (48%)	$7,440
2019-20	413 (73%)	$35,498	246 (44%)	$7,097
2020-21	402 (100%)	$29,715	139 (35%)	$7,373
2021-22	404 (76%)	$33,025	230 (43%)	$8,272
Average	387 (74.22%)	$34,014	254 (47.89%)	$7,452

^*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, 98 (18.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,598.

In addition, 53 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (10.00 % 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	112 (20%)	$4,081	71 (13%)	$3,475	65 (12%)	$8,871	375 (68%)	$27,284
2014-15	112 (21%)	$4,457	100 (18%)	$2,945	60 (11%)	$8,658	370 (68%)	$29,700
2015-16	106 (21%)	$4,252	87 (17%)	$3,000	62 (12%)	$9,023	354 (68%)	$31,465
2016-17	101 (20%)	$4,388	93 (19%)	$2,984	50 (10%)	$8,831	348 (69%)	$32,364
2017-18	92 (16%)	$4,607	92 (16%)	$3,100	57 (10%)	$9,084	410 (73%)	$31,591
2018-19	114 (20%)	$4,780	107 (19%)	$3,276	47 (8%)	$9,084	408 (72%)	$35,529
2019-20	95 (17%)	$4,826	91 (16%)	$3,945	46 (8%)	$8,558	412 (73%)	$32,645
2020-21	72 (18%)	$4,609	90 (22%)	$4,617	48 (12%)	$8,800	402 (100%)	$26,805
2021-22	80 (15%)	$5,382	74 (14%)	$3,931	40 (7%)	$9,043	403 (75%)	$30,419
Average	98 (18.67%)	$4,598	89 (17.11%)	$3,475	53 (10.00%)	$8,884	387 (74.00%)	$30,867

^*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, 254 (47.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $254.

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	306 (56%)	$6,882	289 (53%)	$5,195	122 (22%)	$4,954
2014-15	303 (55%)	$7,078	278 (51%)	$5,666	80 (15%)	$7,119
2015-16	263 (51%)	$7,240	240 (46%)	$5,666	56 (11%)	$9,720
2016-17	256 (51%)	$7,512	240 (48%)	$5,754	54 (11%)	$10,042
2017-18	273 (48%)	$8,173	253 (45%)	$5,863	53 (9%)	$14,112
2018-19	269 (48%)	$7,440	254 (45%)	$4,854	178 (32%)	$4,317
2019-20	246 (44%)	$7,097	231 (41%)	$4,801	140 (25%)	$4,548
2020-21	139 (35%)	$7,373	123 (31%)	$4,603	70 (17%)	$6,554
2021-22	230 (43%)	$8,272	220 (41%)	$5,001	114 (21%)	$7,038
Average	254 (47.89%)	$7,452	236 (44.56%)	$5,267	96 (18.11%)	$7,600

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Occidental

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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