How Shepherd'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 Shepherd University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,400, which is 71.11 % of all undergraduate students. 1,681 students which is 49.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,473.

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	3,079 (77%)	$11,729	1,325 (33%)	$4,076	2,220 (56%)	$8,718
2014-15	2,955 (78%)	$12,127	1,257 (33%)	$4,078	2,076 (55%)	$9,167
2015-16	2,791 (76%)	$12,573	1,191 (33%)	$4,100	1,944 (53%)	$9,339
2016-17	2,635 (77%)	$10,742	1,114 (32%)	$4,051	1,790 (52%)	$6,510
2017-18	2,149 (63%)	$6,800	1,119 (33%)	$4,373	1,710 (50%)	$6,475
2018-19	2,475 (71%)	$11,276	1,092 (31%)	$4,621	1,566 (45%)	$6,503
2019-20	1,931 (60%)	$7,100	990 (31%)	$4,611	1,435 (45%)	$6,387
2020-21	1,860 (68%)	$7,108	889 (32%)	$4,569	1,251 (46%)	$6,206
2021-22	1,728 (70%)	$9,290	759 (31%)	$4,707	1,140 (46%)	$7,956
Average	2,400 (71.11%)	$9,861	1,082 (32.11%)	$4,354	1,681 (49.78%)	$7,473

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 474 (83.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,293. It can cover 38.22% of tuition & fees ($19,082) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 316 (55.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,642).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	536 (79%)	$6,143	401 (59%)	$8,809
2014-15	491 (77%)	$6,523	354 (56%)	$10,328
2015-16	494 (78%)	$7,237	361 (57%)	$10,100
2016-17	447 (80%)	$7,238	308 (55%)	$6,313
2017-18	507 (85%)	$7,832	324 (55%)	$6,360
2018-19	508 (87%)	$7,781	332 (57%)	$6,495
2019-20	441 (89%)	$7,789	275 (56%)	$5,864
2020-21	451 (87%)	$7,767	274 (53%)	$6,673
2021-22	387 (93%)	$7,328	215 (52%)	$7,835
Average	474 (83.89%)	$7,293	316 (55.56%)	$7,642

^*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, 206 (36.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,577.

In addition, 256 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (45.11 % 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	237 (35%)	$4,350	34 (5%)	$2,160	302 (45%)	$3,888	302 (45%)	$3,358
2014-15	214 (34%)	$4,143	32 (5%)	$998	268 (42%)	$4,121	287 (45%)	$4,110
2015-16	237 (38%)	$4,195	27 (4%)	$2,411	280 (44%)	$3,998	352 (56%)	$3,966
2016-17	218 (39%)	$4,217	30 (5%)	$1,007	253 (45%)	$4,153	335 (60%)	$3,688
2017-18	234 (39%)	$4,710	52 (9%)	$1,234	292 (49%)	$4,063	394 (66%)	$4,108
2018-19	224 (38%)	$4,837	68 (12%)	$892	268 (46%)	$3,921	395 (68%)	$4,450
2019-20	175 (35%)	$4,933	237 (48%)	$1,052	218 (44%)	$3,973	330 (67%)	$4,413
2020-21	180 (35%)	$4,621	80 (15%)	$780	233 (45%)	$4,162	345 (67%)	$4,751
2021-22	132 (32%)	$5,186	56 (13%)	$964	189 (46%)	$4,156	367 (88%)	$3,575
Average	206 (36.11%)	$4,577	68 (12.89%)	$1,278	256 (45.11%)	$4,048	345 (62.44%)	$4,047

^*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, 316 (55.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $316.

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	401 (59%)	$8,809	396 (59%)	$8,055	31 (5%)	$11,054
2014-15	354 (56%)	$10,328	350 (55%)	$9,141	37 (6%)	$12,344
2015-16	361 (57%)	$10,100	353 (56%)	$9,228	36 (6%)	$10,798
2016-17	308 (55%)	$6,313	306 (55%)	$5,178	26 (5%)	$13,845
2017-18	324 (55%)	$6,360	318 (54%)	$5,275	26 (4%)	$14,741
2018-19	332 (57%)	$6,495	331 (57%)	$5,223	36 (6%)	$11,872
2019-20	275 (56%)	$5,864	271 (55%)	$5,029	22 (4%)	$11,351
2020-21	274 (53%)	$6,673	272 (53%)	$5,075	36 (7%)	$12,449
2021-22	215 (52%)	$7,835	214 (52%)	$6,798	20 (5%)	$11,497
Average	316 (55.56%)	$7,642	312 (55.11%)	$6,556	30 (5.33%)	$12,217

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Shepherd

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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