How Potomac State College of West Virginia'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 Potomac State College of West Virginia University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 961, which is 69.22 % of all undergraduate students. 653 students which is 46.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,659.

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	1,080 (65%)	$5,728	835 (50%)	$4,379	864 (52%)	$6,280
2014-15	1,078 (70%)	$5,706	825 (54%)	$4,387	856 (56%)	$5,850
2015-16	1,000 (68%)	$5,452	727 (49%)	$4,170	764 (52%)	$5,381
2016-17	952 (66%)	$5,560	654 (45%)	$4,227	675 (46%)	$5,334
2017-18	965 (68%)	$5,673	678 (48%)	$4,228	675 (48%)	$5,447
2018-19	885 (66%)	$6,082	607 (45%)	$4,328	615 (46%)	$5,474
2019-20	932 (72%)	$5,837	581 (45%)	$4,669	557 (43%)	$5,852
2020-21	895 (75%)	$6,616	500 (42%)	$5,070	450 (38%)	$5,842
2021-22	863 (73%)	$5,916	499 (42%)	$4,591	423 (36%)	$5,473
Average	961 (69.22%)	$5,841	656 (46.67%)	$4,450	653 (46.33%)	$5,659

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 450 (84.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,739. It can cover 45.46% of tuition & fees ($12,624) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 308 (56.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,613).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	494 (79%)	$5,390	416 (67%)	$6,203
2014-15	542 (86%)	$5,124	437 (69%)	$5,563
2015-16	491 (85%)	$5,267	352 (61%)	$5,059
2016-17	504 (83%)	$5,387	350 (57%)	$5,106
2017-18	496 (84%)	$5,659	334 (57%)	$5,431
2018-19	444 (83%)	$6,197	310 (58%)	$5,823
2019-20	394 (85%)	$6,212	242 (52%)	$5,752
2020-21	345 (88%)	$6,370	165 (42%)	$5,660
2021-22	338 (89%)	$6,043	167 (44%)	$5,921
Average	450 (84.67%)	$5,739	308 (56.33%)	$5,613

^*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, 306 (56.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,441.

In addition, 222 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (42.44 % 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	374 (60%)	$4,431	45 (7%)	$1,548	224 (36%)	$2,701	210 (34%)	$1,576
2014-15	407 (64%)	$4,294	71 (11%)	$684	238 (38%)	$2,729	207 (33%)	$1,601
2015-16	344 (59%)	$4,125	76 (13%)	$2,914	199 (34%)	$2,824	231 (40%)	$1,660
2016-17	344 (56%)	$4,307	80 (13%)	$1,386	237 (39%)	$2,805	261 (43%)	$1,754
2017-18	344 (58%)	$4,164	71 (12%)	$1,626	258 (44%)	$2,983	259 (44%)	$1,890
2018-19	303 (57%)	$4,367	106 (20%)	$978	258 (48%)	$3,348	264 (50%)	$1,744
2019-20	272 (59%)	$4,718	74 (16%)	$808	211 (45%)	$3,512	211 (45%)	$1,723
2020-21	193 (49%)	$5,021	113 (29%)	$1,468	187 (48%)	$3,401	196 (50%)	$2,176
2021-22	173 (46%)	$4,543	63 (17%)	$729	188 (50%)	$3,542	270 (71%)	$2,018
Average	306 (56.44%)	$4,441	78 (15.33%)	$1,349	222 (42.44%)	$3,094	234 (45.56%)	$1,794

^*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, 308 (56.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $308.

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	416 (67%)	$6,203	414 (66%)	$5,973	14 (2%)	$7,689
2014-15	437 (69%)	$5,563	435 (69%)	$5,310	14 (2%)	$8,662
2015-16	352 (61%)	$5,059	352 (61%)	$4,930	7 (1%)	$6,463
2016-17	350 (57%)	$5,106	348 (57%)	$4,965	8 (1%)	$7,417
2017-18	334 (57%)	$5,431	331 (56%)	$5,085	15 (3%)	$8,725
2018-19	310 (58%)	$5,823	308 (58%)	$5,204	21 (4%)	$9,642
2019-20	242 (52%)	$5,752	240 (52%)	$5,203	15 (3%)	$9,538
2020-21	165 (42%)	$5,660	162 (41%)	$5,337	7 (2%)	$9,905
2021-22	167 (44%)	$5,921	165 (44%)	$4,983	16 (4%)	$10,419
Average	308 (56.33%)	$5,613	306 (56.00%)	$5,221	13 (2.44%)	$8,718

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Potomac State College of West Virginia

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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