How Penn State Wilkes-Barre'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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 410, which is 85.33 % of all undergraduate students. 299 students which is 61.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,495.

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	500 (83%)	$5,156	210 (35%)	$3,752	381 (63%)	$6,682
2014-15	461 (86%)	$5,160	185 (35%)	$4,028	369 (69%)	$6,831
2015-16	438 (89%)	$5,505	173 (35%)	$4,001	328 (67%)	$6,635
2016-17	419 (88%)	$5,375	161 (34%)	$4,249	289 (61%)	$6,208
2017-18	394 (86%)	$5,576	155 (34%)	$4,338	260 (57%)	$6,406
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	248 (80%)	$10,982	123 (40%)	$4,818	165 (53%)	$6,210
Average	410 (85.33%)	$6,292	168 (35.50%)	$4,198	299 (61.67%)	$6,495

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 104 (82.17 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,609. It can cover 32.04% of tuition & fees ($23,750) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 87 (67.50 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,359).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	138 (83%)	$6,731	114 (68%)	$6,167
2014-15	97 (71%)	$6,488	108 (79%)	$6,600
2015-16	116 (82%)	$6,584	95 (67%)	$6,386
2016-17	103 (82%)	$7,720	82 (66%)	$6,537
2017-18	83 (81%)	$7,535	70 (69%)	$5,827
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	88 (94%)	$10,598	53 (56%)	$6,639
Average	104 (82.17%)	$7,609	87 (67.50%)	$6,359

^*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, 51 (39.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,234.

In addition, 52 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (40.00 % 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	69 (41%)	$3,923	23 (14%)	$1,380	71 (43%)	$3,277	117 (70%)	$3,365
2014-15	49 (36%)	$3,856	20 (15%)	$1,060	50 (36%)	$3,186	81 (59%)	$3,208
2015-16	51 (36%)	$4,106	22 (16%)	$1,394	58 (41%)	$3,410	97 (69%)	$3,360
2016-17	58 (46%)	$4,224	24 (19%)	$937	53 (42%)	$3,584	91 (73%)	$3,712
2017-18	40 (39%)	$4,356	11 (11%)	$1,141	48 (47%)	$3,122	72 (71%)	$4,010
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	38 (40%)	$4,941	62 (66%)	$2,190	29 (31%)	$3,994	85 (90%)	$5,803
Average	51 (39.67%)	$4,234	27 (23.50%)	$1,350	52 (40.00%)	$3,429	91 (72.00%)	$3,910

^*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, 87 (67.50 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $87.

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	114 (68%)	$6,167	113 (68%)	$5,552	7 (4%)	$10,802
2014-15	108 (79%)	$6,600	107 (78%)	$5,610	13 (9%)	$8,663
2015-16	95 (67%)	$6,386	95 (67%)	$5,414	8 (6%)	$11,543
2016-17	82 (66%)	$6,537	80 (64%)	$5,309	11 (9%)	$10,121
2017-18	70 (69%)	$5,827	68 (67%)	$5,237	5 (5%)	$10,360
2018-19	-	-
2019-20	-	-
2020-21	-	-
2021-22	53 (56%)	$6,639	48 (51%)	$5,250	10 (11%)	$9,987
Average	87 (67.50%)	$6,359	85 (65.83%)	$5,395	9 (7.33%)	$10,246

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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