How WCC'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 Waubonsee Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,689, which is 40.78 % of all undergraduate students. 1,001 students which is 10.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,430.

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	3,741 (35%)	$3,019	3,032 (28%)	$2,986	1,478 (14%)	$3,361
2014-15	3,603 (33%)	$2,858	2,842 (26%)	$2,962	1,218 (11%)	$3,321
2015-16	3,324 (32%)	$2,882	2,651 (25%)	$2,981	1,194 (11%)	$3,385
2016-17	3,153 (31%)	$4,279	2,454 (24%)	$3,063	1,058 (10%)	$3,467
2017-18	2,964 (31%)	$3,575	2,485 (26%)	$3,267	910 (10%)	$3,505
2018-19	2,895 (32%)	$3,578	2,258 (25%)	$3,388	834 (9%)	$3,580
2019-20	2,868 (33%)	$3,660	2,151 (25%)	$3,439	767 (9%)	$3,461
2020-21	7,324 (97%)	$1,999	1,887 (25%)	$3,362	683 (9%)	$3,325
2021-22	3,327 (43%)	$5,939	1,562 (20%)	$5,796	870 (11%)	$3,462
Average	3,689 (40.78%)	$3,532	2,369 (24.89%)	$3,472	1,001 (10.44%)	$3,430

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 474 (49.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,685. It can cover 38.00% of tuition & fees ($12,330) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 160 (16.56 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,671).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	473 (47%)	$3,575	157 (16%)	$3,315
2014-15	448 (44%)	$4,258	155 (15%)	$3,189
2015-16	403 (39%)	$4,770	169 (16%)	$3,258
2016-17	441 (43%)	$4,437	158 (15%)	$3,310
2017-18	429 (46%)	$4,664	135 (15%)	$3,284
2018-19	419 (44%)	$5,044	126 (13%)	$3,298
2019-20	401 (41%)	$5,318	136 (14%)	$3,439
2020-21	806 (95%)	$3,064	129 (15%)	$3,169
2021-22	448 (49%)	$7,036	274 (30%)	$6,780
Average	474 (49.78%)	$4,685	160 (16.56%)	$3,671

^*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, 327 (33.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,544.

In addition, 188 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (19.67 % 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	347 (34%)	$3,834	27 (3%)	$401	163 (16%)	$965	120 (12%)	$1,605
2014-15	373 (37%)	$4,019	57 (6%)	$506	154 (15%)	$983	98 (10%)	$2,329
2015-16	370 (35%)	$4,038	39 (4%)	$542	137 (13%)	$990	113 (11%)	$2,400
2016-17	350 (34%)	$4,050	47 (5%)	$568	169 (17%)	$1,017	126 (12%)	$2,706
2017-18	340 (37%)	$4,240	16 (2%)	$459	184 (20%)	$1,086	123 (13%)	$2,863
2018-19	321 (34%)	$4,664	50 (5%)	$527	204 (21%)	$1,118	132 (14%)	$2,744
2019-20	319 (33%)	$4,825	75 (8%)	$451	229 (24%)	$1,167	109 (11%)	$2,679
2020-21	246 (29%)	$4,699	595 (70%)	$621	213 (25%)	$1,256	723 (85%)	$936
2021-22	276 (30%)	$6,531	377 (41%)	$1,986	242 (26%)	$1,407	109 (12%)	$2,388
Average	327 (33.67%)	$4,544	143 (16.00%)	$673	188 (19.67%)	$1,110	184 (20.00%)	$2,294

^*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, 160 (16.56 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $160.

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	157 (16%)	$3,315	157 (16%)	$3,315	-	-
2014-15	155 (15%)	$3,189	155 (15%)	$3,189	-	-
2015-16	169 (16%)	$3,258	169 (16%)	$3,258	-	-
2016-17	158 (15%)	$3,310	158 (15%)	$3,310	-	-
2017-18	135 (15%)	$3,284	135 (15%)	$3,284	-	-
2018-19	126 (13%)	$3,298	126 (13%)	$3,298	-	-
2019-20	136 (14%)	$3,439	136 (14%)	$3,439	-	-
2020-21	129 (15%)	$3,169	129 (15%)	$3,169	-	-
2021-22	274 (30%)	$6,780	274 (30%)	$3,387	274 (30%)	$3,393
Average	160 (16.56%)	$3,671	160 (16.56%)	$3,294	274 (30.00%)	$3,393

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WCC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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