How U of West Alabama'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 West Alabama since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,540, which is 73.33 % of all undergraduate students. 1,349 students which is 64.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,849.

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	1,390 (70%)	$4,655	1,064 (53%)	$4,229	1,346 (67%)	$7,785
2014-15	1,400 (73%)	$4,839	1,027 (53%)	$4,303	1,312 (68%)	$7,845
2015-16	1,355 (71%)	$5,071	982 (51%)	$4,428	1,311 (68%)	$9,018
2016-17	1,486 (75%)	$5,447	1,050 (53%)	$4,464	1,278 (65%)	$9,154
2017-18	1,648 (78%)	$5,874	1,159 (55%)	$4,663	1,463 (69%)	$9,213
2018-19	1,515 (70%)	$5,579	1,153 (54%)	$4,852	1,294 (60%)	$9,648
2019-20	1,751 (78%)	$6,500	1,197 (53%)	$4,674	1,508 (67%)	$7,008
2020-21	1,739 (77%)	$6,830	1,190 (53%)	$4,807	1,461 (65%)	$7,088
2021-22	1,580 (68%)	$3,247	1,058 (46%)	$2,109	1,168 (50%)	$3,881
Average	1,540 (73.33%)	$5,338	1,098 (52.33%)	$4,281	1,349 (64.33%)	$7,849

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 321 (87.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,410. It can cover 31.91% of tuition & fees ($20,090) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 302 (81.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,520).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	303 (80%)	$5,017	299 (79%)	$5,998
2014-15	306 (87%)	$4,985	232 (66%)	$7,326
2015-16	354 (84%)	$5,322	388 (92%)	$6,939
2016-17	324 (86%)	$6,523	315 (84%)	$6,654
2017-18	425 (92%)	$7,110	443 (96%)	$7,077
2018-19	387 (93%)	$5,529	396 (96%)	$7,232
2019-20	292 (91%)	$6,785	266 (83%)	$5,806
2020-21	230 (89%)	$7,129	174 (68%)	$5,536
2021-22	272 (89%)	$9,291	209 (69%)	$6,109
Average	321 (87.89%)	$6,410	302 (81.44%)	$6,520

^*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, 209 (57.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,879.

In addition, 15 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (4.56 % 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	219 (58%)	$4,499	21 (6%)	$1,133	12 (3%)	$530	179 (47%)	$2,820
2014-15	165 (47%)	$4,547	38 (11%)	$977	11 (3%)	$627	216 (62%)	$3,384
2015-16	230 (55%)	$4,637	33 (8%)	$613	19 (5%)	$537	241 (57%)	$3,265
2016-17	202 (54%)	$4,794	10 (3%)	$753	7 (2%)	$571	212 (56%)	$5,346
2017-18	278 (60%)	$4,971	15 (3%)	$850	8 (2%)	$750	304 (66%)	$5,332
2018-19	256 (62%)	$4,986	55 (13%)	$862	5 (1%)	$720	243 (59%)	$3,342
2019-20	188 (58%)	$5,297	37 (11%)	$776	15 (5%)	$872	184 (57%)	$5,128
2020-21	154 (60%)	$5,084	23 (9%)	$1,067	20 (8%)	$1,467	139 (54%)	$5,777
2021-22	187 (62%)	$5,093	34 (11%)	$1,281	35 (12%)	$1,706	220 (72%)	$6,689
Average	209 (57.33%)	$4,879	30 (8.33%)	$924	15 (4.56%)	$864	215 (58.89%)	$4,565

^*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, 302 (81.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $302.

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	299 (79%)	$5,998	258 (68%)	$5,185	41 (11%)	$11,112
2014-15	232 (66%)	$7,326	232 (66%)	$5,481	45 (13%)	$9,512
2015-16	388 (92%)	$6,939	293 (70%)	$5,248	118 (28%)	$9,785
2016-17	315 (84%)	$6,654	216 (57%)	$5,059	99 (26%)	$10,132
2017-18	443 (96%)	$7,077	335 (73%)	$5,155	131 (28%)	$10,749
2018-19	396 (96%)	$7,232	379 (92%)	$3,657	124 (30%)	$11,918
2019-20	266 (83%)	$5,806	246 (76%)	$5,482	20 (6%)	$9,792
2020-21	174 (68%)	$5,536	167 (65%)	$5,418	7 (3%)	$8,357
2021-22	209 (69%)	$6,109	197 (65%)	$5,573	12 (4%)	$14,907
Average	302 (81.44%)	$6,520	258 (70.22%)	$5,140	66 (16.56%)	$10,696

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at U of West Alabama

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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