How Wellesley'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 Wellesley College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,454, which is 59.44 % of all undergraduate students. 634 students which is 25.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,136.

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	1,448 (59%)	$38,172	444 (18%)	$4,330	803 (32%)	$3,448
2014-15	1,402 (60%)	$38,888	450 (19%)	$4,249	769 (33%)	$4,078
2015-16	1,444 (58%)	$40,468	463 (18%)	$4,401	820 (33%)	$3,597
2016-17	1,455 (59%)	$42,930	446 (18%)	$4,427	677 (27%)	$4,474
2017-18	1,380 (55%)	$47,105	514 (20%)	$4,480	612 (24%)	$4,455
2018-19	1,469 (58%)	$49,685	539 (21%)	$4,884	609 (24%)	$4,282
2019-20	1,504 (60%)	$50,990	536 (21%)	$5,024	590 (23%)	$4,231
2020-21	1,489 (65%)	$51,147	506 (22%)	$5,072	387 (17%)	$4,428
2021-22	1,496 (61%)	$56,816	553 (22%)	$5,143	437 (18%)	$4,227
Average	1,454 (59.44%)	$46,245	495 (19.89%)	$4,668	634 (25.67%)	$4,136

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 348 (58.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $48,607. It can cover 75.57% of tuition & fees ($64,320).

In addition, 185 (31.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,975).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	354 (60%)	$37,876	198 (34%)	$4,418
2014-15	344 (58%)	$38,950	275 (46%)	$3,847
2015-16	339 (57%)	$43,340	190 (32%)	$4,632
2016-17	338 (57%)	$45,777	202 (34%)	$4,497
2017-18	342 (57%)	$48,208	156 (26%)	$5,536
2018-19	353 (57%)	$52,403	186 (30%)	$5,111
2019-20	359 (59%)	$54,101	183 (30%)	$5,843
2020-21	348 (60%)	$55,483	128 (22%)	$5,286
2021-22	355 (59%)	$61,328	148 (25%)	$5,608
Average	348 (58.22%)	$48,607	185 (31.00%)	$4,975

^*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, 125 (20.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,776.

In addition, 18 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (3.11 % 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	113 (19%)	$4,234	49 (8%)	$1,999	23 (4%)	$1,863	353 (60%)	$36,229
2014-15	102 (17%)	$4,242	51 (9%)	$1,980	15 (3%)	$2,043	341 (58%)	$37,638
2015-16	120 (20%)	$4,481	66 (11%)	$1,962	14 (2%)	$2,129	339 (57%)	$41,284
2016-17	114 (19%)	$4,458	56 (9%)	$1,955	14 (2%)	$1,161	337 (57%)	$44,032
2017-18	125 (21%)	$4,889	67 (11%)	$1,986	16 (3%)	$1,150	340 (56%)	$46,248
2018-19	142 (23%)	$4,954	114 (19%)	$996	40 (7%)	$1,703	353 (57%)	$49,896
2019-20	141 (23%)	$5,073	312 (51%)	$932	14 (2%)	$2,664	356 (58%)	$51,626
2020-21	125 (22%)	$5,298	310 (53%)	$1,257	9 (2%)	$1,574	338 (58%)	$53,971
2021-22	143 (24%)	$5,359	321 (53%)	$2,342	18 (3%)	$2,722	348 (58%)	$58,058
Average	125 (20.89%)	$4,776	150 (24.89%)	$1,712	18 (3.11%)	$1,890	345 (57.67%)	$46,554

^*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, 185 (31.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $185.

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	198 (34%)	$4,418	144 (24%)	$3,618	80 (14%)	$4,423
2014-15	275 (46%)	$3,847	186 (31%)	$3,501	89 (15%)	$4,570
2015-16	190 (32%)	$4,632	127 (21%)	$3,419	81 (14%)	$5,504
2016-17	202 (34%)	$4,497	150 (25%)	$2,330	78 (13%)	$7,165
2017-18	156 (26%)	$5,536	112 (19%)	$3,611	76 (13%)	$6,041
2018-19	186 (30%)	$5,111	142 (23%)	$3,209	73 (12%)	$6,779
2019-20	183 (30%)	$5,843	142 (23%)	$3,474	83 (14%)	$6,940
2020-21	128 (22%)	$5,286	76 (13%)	$3,993	74 (13%)	$5,043
2021-22	148 (25%)	$5,608	86 (14%)	$3,459	79 (13%)	$6,740
Average	185 (31.00%)	$4,975	129 (21.44%)	$3,402	79 (13.44%)	$5,912

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Wellesley

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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