How UHWO'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 University of Hawaii-West Oahu since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,611, which is 55.30 % of all undergraduate students. 781 students which is 27.10% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,380.

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	1,153 (49%)	$4,260	834 (35%)	$3,666	786 (33%)	$6,467
2014-15	1,515 (57%)	$7,357	915 (34%)	$3,705	830 (31%)	$6,555
2015-16	1,465 (54%)	$7,819	976 (36%)	$3,885	750 (28%)	$6,619
2016-17	1,531 (52%)	$8,200	1,047 (36%)	$3,905	899 (31%)	$7,015
2017-18	1,435 (47%)	$5,583	1,055 (34%)	$4,190	907 (29%)	$7,128
2018-19	1,421 (45%)	$6,194	1,021 (33%)	$4,338	851 (27%)	$6,790
2019-20	1,534 (50%)	$5,196	1,015 (33%)	$4,234	794 (26%)	$6,955
2020-21	2,158 (68%)	$3,812	981 (31%)	$4,311	755 (24%)	$7,243
2021-22	2,626 (87%)	$3,260	929 (31%)	$4,246	654 (22%)	$6,920
2022-23	1,275 (44%)	$5,858	864 (30%)	$4,330	586 (20%)	$2,108
Average	1,611 (55.30%)	$5,754	964 (33.30%)	$4,081	781 (27.10%)	$6,380

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

Overview

For the last 11 years, on average, 144 (67.70 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,179. It can cover 25.21% of tuition & fees ($20,544) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 54 (24.60 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,952).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	103 (48%)	$3,654	60 (28%)	$4,412
2014-15	108 (55%)	$4,898	49 (25%)	$4,228
2015-16	167 (70%)	$4,948	42 (18%)	$4,520
2016-17	141 (53%)	$5,680	76 (29%)	$4,716
2017-18	161 (60%)	$5,850	71 (26%)	$4,559
2018-19	124 (56%)	$5,881	69 (31%)	$4,716
2019-20	161 (83%)	$5,601	52 (27%)	$5,063
2020-21	170 (86%)	$3,748	49 (25%)	$5,321
2021-22	182 (99%)	$4,364	34 (18%)	$6,477
2022-23	126 (67%)	$7,163	36 (19%)	$5,504
Average	144 (67.70%)	$5,179	54 (24.60%)	$4,952

^*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 11 years, on average, 74 (33.70 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,528.

In addition, 46 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (21.00 % 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	59 (28%)	$3,575	4 (2%)	$350	16 (7%)	$1,524	74 (35%)	$1,887
2014-15	63 (32%)	$4,334	11 (6%)	$400	41 (21%)	$1,875	67 (34%)	$2,607
2015-16	81 (34%)	$4,396	6 (3%)	$458	53 (22%)	$1,879	164 (69%)	$2,244
2016-17	93 (35%)	$4,231	8 (3%)	$500	66 (25%)	$1,867	116 (44%)	$2,415
2017-18	113 (42%)	$4,685	15 (6%)	$517	67 (25%)	$2,011	107 (40%)	$2,523
2018-19	76 (34%)	$5,113	6 (3%)	$500	28 (13%)	$4,067	74 (33%)	$3,024
2019-20	80 (41%)	$4,598	150 (78%)	$742	50 (26%)	$2,859	82 (42%)	$3,411
2020-21	60 (30%)	$4,376	159 (81%)	$719	25 (13%)	$2,819	61 (31%)	$3,112
2021-22	55 (30%)	$5,036	182 (99%)	$674	43 (23%)	$3,811	76 (41%)	$3,036
2022-23	58 (31%)	$4,937	14 (7%)	$482	66 (35%)	$2,478	110 (59%)	$4,053
Average	74 (33.70%)	$4,528	56 (28.80%)	$534	46 (21.00%)	$2,519	93 (42.80%)	$2,831

^*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 11 years, on average, 54 (24.60 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $54.

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	60 (28%)	$4,412	60 (28%)	$4,412	-	-
2014-15	49 (25%)	$4,228	49 (25%)	$4,167	1 (1%)	$3,000
2015-16	42 (18%)	$4,520	41 (17%)	$4,435	1 (0%)	$8,000
2016-17	76 (29%)	$4,716	74 (28%)	$4,323	5 (2%)	$7,699
2017-18	71 (26%)	$4,559	71 (26%)	$4,559	-	-
2018-19	69 (31%)	$4,716	67 (30%)	$4,574	4 (2%)	$4,738
2019-20	52 (27%)	$5,063	51 (26%)	$4,966	1 (1%)	$10,000
2020-21	49 (25%)	$5,321	48 (24%)	$5,015	1 (1%)	$20,020
2021-22	34 (18%)	$6,477	34 (18%)	$4,684	2 (1%)	$30,467
2022-23	36 (19%)	$5,504	36 (19%)	$5,087	1 (1%)	$15,014
Average	54 (24.60%)	$4,952	53 (24.10%)	$4,622	2 (1.29%)	$12,367

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UHWO

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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