How UWM'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 Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 11,877, which is 56.11 % of all undergraduate students. 11,668 students which is 54.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,642.

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	11,360 (50%)	$6,410	8,092 (36%)	$4,042	14,279 (63%)	$6,993
2014-15	11,760 (52%)	$6,643	8,356 (37%)	$4,084	14,082 (62%)	$6,975
2015-16	11,478 (52%)	$6,363	7,771 (35%)	$4,104	13,281 (61%)	$6,854
2016-17	11,508 (55%)	$6,353	7,194 (34%)	$4,093	12,310 (59%)	$6,866
2017-18	11,214 (55%)	$6,358	7,119 (35%)	$4,196	11,784 (58%)	$6,821
2018-19	11,604 (52%)	$6,356	7,284 (33%)	$4,272	11,218 (50%)	$6,330
2019-20	11,321 (54%)	$6,635	6,701 (32%)	$4,430	10,488 (50%)	$6,324
2020-21	13,360 (67%)	$5,938	6,207 (31%)	$4,466	9,110 (45%)	$6,327
2021-22	13,287 (68%)	$6,805	5,660 (29%)	$4,575	8,456 (44%)	$6,290
Average	11,877 (56.11%)	$6,429	7,154 (33.56%)	$4,251	11,668 (54.67%)	$6,642

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 2,133 (64.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,559. It can cover 25.24% of tuition & fees ($22,020) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,984 (59.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,368).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,674 (52%)	$5,784	2,221 (69%)	$7,512
2014-15	2,030 (60%)	$6,576	2,397 (71%)	$7,276
2015-16	1,867 (57%)	$5,454	2,142 (66%)	$7,295
2016-17	1,985 (64%)	$5,647	1,998 (65%)	$7,501
2017-18	1,952 (61%)	$5,560	2,085 (65%)	$7,565
2018-19	2,224 (58%)	$5,280	2,088 (55%)	$7,499
2019-20	2,149 (59%)	$5,363	1,949 (53%)	$7,518
2020-21	2,783 (89%)	$4,401	1,372 (44%)	$6,698
2021-22	2,534 (78%)	$5,963	1,607 (49%)	$7,446
Average	2,133 (64.22%)	$5,559	1,984 (59.67%)	$7,368

^*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, 1,154 (34.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,485.

In addition, 1,188 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (35.89 % 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	1,225 (38%)	$4,219	408 (13%)	$3,582	1,193 (37%)	$1,879	225 (7%)	$3,600
2014-15	1,337 (40%)	$4,360	508 (15%)	$3,821	1,284 (38%)	$1,943	570 (17%)	$5,411
2015-16	1,162 (36%)	$4,344	438 (13%)	$3,862	1,129 (35%)	$1,961	534 (16%)	$2,301
2016-17	1,123 (36%)	$4,273	391 (13%)	$3,502	1,219 (40%)	$2,750	786 (26%)	$2,148
2017-18	1,174 (37%)	$4,411	376 (12%)	$3,219	1,162 (36%)	$2,357	745 (23%)	$2,316
2018-19	1,235 (32%)	$4,581	410 (11%)	$3,032	1,280 (34%)	$2,338	890 (23%)	$2,078
2019-20	1,146 (31%)	$4,640	483 (13%)	$2,684	1,193 (33%)	$2,532	923 (25%)	$2,050
2020-21	959 (31%)	$4,597	1,126 (36%)	$1,918	1,073 (34%)	$2,660	2,552 (82%)	$1,107
2021-22	1,021 (31%)	$4,941	1,368 (42%)	$3,214	1,161 (36%)	$2,953	1,874 (58%)	$1,196
Average	1,154 (34.67%)	$4,485	612 (18.67%)	$3,204	1,188 (35.89%)	$2,375	1,011 (30.78%)	$2,467

^*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, 1,984 (59.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,984.

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	2,221 (69%)	$7,512	2,204 (69%)	$5,794	391 (12%)	$10,011
2014-15	2,397 (71%)	$7,276	2,383 (71%)	$5,716	362 (11%)	$10,551
2015-16	2,142 (66%)	$7,295	2,126 (65%)	$5,502	358 (11%)	$10,978
2016-17	1,998 (65%)	$7,501	1,966 (64%)	$5,670	356 (12%)	$10,786
2017-18	2,085 (65%)	$7,565	2,063 (65%)	$5,688	366 (11%)	$11,035
2018-19	2,088 (55%)	$7,499	2,060 (54%)	$5,144	435 (11%)	$11,637
2019-20	1,949 (53%)	$7,518	1,914 (52%)	$5,152	412 (11%)	$11,634
2020-21	1,372 (44%)	$6,698	1,341 (43%)	$4,970	231 (7%)	$10,933
2021-22	1,607 (49%)	$7,446	1,570 (48%)	$5,116	288 (9%)	$13,655
Average	1,984 (59.67%)	$7,368	1,959 (59.00%)	$5,417	355 (10.56%)	$11,247

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at UWM

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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