How OWU'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 Ohio Wesleyan University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,560, which is 98.44 % of all undergraduate students. 999 students which is 63.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,726.

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	1,789 (98%)	$26,535	450 (25%)	$4,102	1,146 (63%)	$10,865
2014-15	1,688 (97%)	$27,854	424 (24%)	$4,123	1,071 (62%)	$11,454
2015-16	1,645 (98%)	$28,971	430 (26%)	$4,322	1,035 (62%)	$7,282
2016-17	1,612 (98%)	$30,260	461 (28%)	$4,324	1,063 (65%)	$7,293
2017-18	1,542 (99%)	$31,489	497 (32%)	$4,518	1,014 (65%)	$7,001
2018-19	1,543 (99%)	$33,108	504 (32%)	$4,553	992 (64%)	$6,587
2019-20	1,477 (99%)	$34,536	438 (29%)	$4,694	937 (63%)	$6,531
2020-21	1,415 (99%)	$35,169	397 (28%)	$4,520	900 (63%)	$6,201
2021-22	1,330 (99%)	$36,916	346 (26%)	$4,656	829 (62%)	$6,322
Average	1,560 (98.44%)	$31,649	439 (27.78%)	$4,424	999 (63.22%)	$7,726

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 439 (99.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $32,249. It can cover 61.67% of tuition & fees ($52,296).

In addition, 302 (68.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,796).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	534 (100%)	$26,109	376 (70%)	$8,198
2014-15	455 (99%)	$27,760	303 (66%)	$7,255
2015-16	429 (100%)	$29,994	288 (67%)	$7,485
2016-17	486 (100%)	$31,028	336 (69%)	$7,983
2017-18	447 (100%)	$31,923	308 (69%)	$8,228
2018-19	450 (99%)	$33,663	301 (66%)	$7,694
2019-20	389 (100%)	$35,864	299 (77%)	$6,974
2020-21	401 (100%)	$37,142	272 (67%)	$7,000
2021-22	364 (100%)	$36,757	236 (65%)	$9,349
Average	439 (99.78%)	$32,249	302 (68.44%)	$7,796

^*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, 136 (30.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,342.

In addition, 57 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (13.00 % 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	163 (30%)	$4,047	147 (27%)	$928	61 (11%)	$1,793	534 (100%)	$24,413
2014-15	116 (25%)	$3,758	106 (23%)	$1,071	37 (8%)	$2,396	455 (99%)	$26,358
2015-16	138 (32%)	$4,303	135 (31%)	$993	53 (12%)	$2,289	429 (100%)	$28,015
2016-17	161 (33%)	$4,332	154 (32%)	$945	64 (13%)	$2,687	486 (100%)	$28,940
2017-18	179 (40%)	$4,478	149 (33%)	$919	72 (16%)	$2,858	447 (100%)	$29,363
2018-19	146 (32%)	$4,348	134 (30%)	$931	57 (13%)	$2,892	450 (99%)	$31,609
2019-20	112 (29%)	$4,696	111 (29%)	$1,343	63 (16%)	$3,311	389 (100%)	$33,592
2020-21	107 (27%)	$4,589	102 (25%)	$1,123	50 (12%)	$3,487	401 (100%)	$35,198
2021-22	101 (28%)	$4,524	99 (27%)	$1,550	58 (16%)	$3,607	364 (100%)	$34,506
Average	136 (30.67%)	$4,342	126 (28.56%)	$1,089	57 (13.00%)	$2,813	439 (99.78%)	$30,222

^*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, 302 (68.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $302.

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	376 (70%)	$8,198	372 (69%)	$6,308	59 (11%)	$12,474
2014-15	303 (66%)	$7,255	298 (65%)	$5,809	40 (9%)	$11,678
2015-16	288 (67%)	$7,485	284 (66%)	$5,916	38 (9%)	$12,510
2016-17	336 (69%)	$7,983	333 (69%)	$6,089	53 (11%)	$12,348
2017-18	308 (69%)	$8,228	302 (67%)	$5,774	56 (13%)	$14,113
2018-19	301 (66%)	$7,694	294 (65%)	$5,394	58 (13%)	$12,588
2019-20	299 (77%)	$6,974	243 (62%)	$5,633	56 (14%)	$12,791
2020-21	272 (67%)	$7,000	262 (65%)	$5,264	39 (10%)	$13,456
2021-22	236 (65%)	$9,349	232 (64%)	$5,407	57 (16%)	$16,703
Average	302 (68.44%)	$7,796	291 (65.78%)	$5,733	51 (11.78%)	$13,185

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at OWU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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