How Watkins Institute'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 Watkins College of Art Design & Film since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 218, which is 83.33 % of all undergraduate students. 164 students which is 62.83% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,740.

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	320 (88%)	$2,491	148 (41%)	$2,152	210 (58%)	$3,921
2014-15	207 (68%)	$4,983	124 (41%)	$2,236	191 (63%)	$3,712
2015-16	225 (77%)	$4,496	115 (39%)	$2,285	169 (58%)	$1,861
2016-17	217 (93%)	$8,293	120 (51%)	$4,266	171 (73%)	$7,182
2017-18	188 (92%)	$9,629	109 (53%)	$4,220	136 (66%)	$2,120
2018-19	150 (82%)	$4,874	85 (46%)	$2,392	109 (59%)	$3,646
Average	218 (83.33%)	$5,794	117 (45.17%)	$2,925	164 (62.83%)	$3,740

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

Overview

For the last 7 years, on average, 38 (93.50 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,881. It can cover 27.80% of tuition & fees ($24,750).

In addition, 21 (50.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,369).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	45 (85%)	$4,947	30 (57%)	$3,247
2014-15	46 (94%)	$5,406	39 (80%)	$3,582
2015-16	36 (84%)	$6,743	20 (47%)	$3,150
2016-17	41 (98%)	$4,128	8 (19%)	$3,231
2017-18	30 (100%)	$11,260	17 (57%)	$9,842
2018-19	27 (100%)	$8,804	12 (44%)	$3,164
Average	38 (93.50%)	$6,881	21 (50.67%)	$4,369

^*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 7 years, on average, 22 (53.17 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $2,797.

In addition, 21 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (51.67 % 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	29 (55%)	$2,511	16 (30%)	$225	21 (40%)	$2,952	42 (79%)	$2,005
2014-15	28 (57%)	$2,167	17 (35%)	$247	29 (59%)	$2,541	43 (88%)	$2,560
2015-16	22 (51%)	$2,594	8 (19%)	$263	22 (51%)	$3,525	36 (84%)	$2,945
2016-17	18 (43%)	$2,093	11 (26%)	$214	16 (38%)	$2,531	40 (95%)	$2,218
2017-18	17 (57%)	$4,674	6 (20%)	$417	19 (63%)	$5,882	30 (100%)	$4,803
2018-19	15 (56%)	$2,743	8 (30%)	$213	16 (59%)	$2,547	27 (100%)	$5,708
Average	22 (53.17%)	$2,797	11 (26.67%)	$263	21 (51.67%)	$3,330	36 (91.00%)	$3,373

^*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 7 years, on average, 21 (50.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $21.

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	30 (57%)	$3,247	30 (57%)	$3,247	-	-
2014-15	39 (80%)	$3,582	35 (71%)	$2,950	4 (8%)	$9,113
2015-16	20 (47%)	$3,150	20 (47%)	$3,000	1 (2%)	$3,000
2016-17	8 (19%)	$3,231	7 (17%)	$2,357	1 (2%)	$9,350
2017-18	17 (57%)	$9,842	17 (57%)	$8,476	2 (7%)	$11,605
2018-19	12 (44%)	$3,164	11 (41%)	$3,023	1 (4%)	$4,715
Average	21 (50.67%)	$4,369	20 (48.33%)	$3,842	2 (4.60%)	$7,557

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Watkins Institute

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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