How WMC'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 The University of Montana-Western since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,035, which is 72.44 % of all undergraduate students. 690 students which is 48.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,487.

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	949 (65%)	$5,225	609 (42%)	$4,120	821 (56%)	$7,614
2014-15	928 (67%)	$5,211	544 (40%)	$4,137	742 (54%)	$8,336
2015-16	891 (63%)	$5,366	535 (38%)	$4,104	748 (53%)	$7,445
2016-17	930 (62%)	$5,337	557 (37%)	$4,257	725 (49%)	$7,609
2017-18	1,021 (65%)	$5,649	574 (36%)	$4,191	741 (47%)	$6,956
2018-19	1,001 (66%)	$3,925	538 (36%)	$4,179	664 (44%)	$7,594
2019-20	1,114 (82%)	$3,608	515 (38%)	$4,391	650 (48%)	$7,322
2020-21	1,114 (84%)	$4,245	515 (39%)	$4,391	650 (49%)	$7,322
2021-22	1,366 (98%)	$5,255	463 (33%)	$4,792	473 (34%)	$7,181
Average	1,035 (72.44%)	$4,869	539 (37.67%)	$4,285	690 (48.22%)	$7,487

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 214 (81.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,691. It can cover 40.39% of tuition & fees ($19,039) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 161 (61.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,641).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	191 (76%)	$7,420	153 (61%)	$6,854
2014-15	195 (77%)	$6,892	150 (59%)	$8,088
2015-16	256 (80%)	$7,473	186 (58%)	$6,899
2016-17	240 (74%)	$7,497	177 (54%)	$7,849
2017-18	216 (79%)	$7,696	165 (60%)	$6,968
2018-19	174 (73%)	$7,136	140 (58%)	$8,351
2019-20	216 (84%)	$8,492	145 (56%)	$7,924
2020-21	216 (89%)	$8,492	145 (60%)	$7,924
2021-22	221 (99%)	$8,117	187 (84%)	$7,912
Average	214 (81.22%)	$7,691	161 (61.11%)	$7,641

^*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, 116 (44.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,294.

In addition, 28 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (10.56 % 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	113 (45%)	$4,007	13 (5%)	$600	52 (21%)	$2,122	168 (67%)	$5,038
2014-15	95 (38%)	$4,399	26 (10%)	$568	53 (21%)	$1,911	157 (62%)	$5,159
2015-16	141 (44%)	$4,208	24 (8%)	$488	37 (12%)	$3,038	203 (64%)	$5,890
2016-17	117 (36%)	$4,188	21 (6%)	$571	38 (12%)	$2,775	212 (65%)	$5,622
2017-18	119 (43%)	$4,241	31 (11%)	$542	16 (6%)	$4,353	181 (66%)	$5,918
2018-19	88 (37%)	$4,124	18 (8%)	$575	9 (4%)	$1,007	152 (63%)	$5,654
2019-20	107 (42%)	$4,254	33 (13%)	$582	20 (8%)	$1,101	186 (72%)	$7,193
2020-21	107 (44%)	$4,254	33 (14%)	$582	20 (8%)	$1,101	186 (77%)	$7,193
2021-22	157 (70%)	$4,968	33 (15%)	$581	7 (3%)	$1,607	91 (41%)	$10,809
Average	116 (44.33%)	$4,294	26 (10.00%)	$565	28 (10.56%)	$2,113	171 (64.11%)	$6,497

^*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, 161 (61.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $161.

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	153 (61%)	$6,854	151 (60%)	$6,643	6 (2%)	$7,574
2014-15	150 (59%)	$8,088	150 (59%)	$7,806	6 (2%)	$7,041
2015-16	186 (58%)	$6,899	186 (58%)	$6,714	4 (1%)	$8,604
2016-17	177 (54%)	$7,849	175 (54%)	$7,528	8 (2%)	$8,988
2017-18	165 (60%)	$6,968	165 (60%)	$6,968	-	-
2018-19	140 (58%)	$8,351	140 (58%)	$8,114	6 (3%)	$5,535
2019-20	145 (56%)	$7,924	142 (55%)	$7,476	11 (4%)	$7,955
2020-21	145 (60%)	$7,924	142 (58%)	$7,476	11 (5%)	$7,955
2021-22	187 (84%)	$7,912	181 (81%)	$7,131	18 (8%)	$10,486
Average	161 (61.11%)	$7,641	159 (60.33%)	$7,317	9 (3.38%)	$8,017

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WMC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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