How Wesleyan'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 Wesleyan University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,287, which is 42.89 % of all undergraduate students. 794 students which is 26.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,812.

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	1,312 (45%)	$38,005	514 (18%)	$4,469	1,024 (35%)	$5,118
2014-15	1,294 (44%)	$40,153	532 (18%)	$4,659	982 (34%)	$5,351
2015-16	1,260 (43%)	$41,645	531 (18%)	$4,610	873 (30%)	$4,968
2016-17	1,273 (43%)	$43,518	502 (17%)	$4,709	837 (28%)	$3,821
2017-18	1,275 (43%)	$47,713	536 (18%)	$4,784	769 (26%)	$4,872
2018-19	1,290 (43%)	$50,586	546 (18%)	$4,782	730 (24%)	$4,699
2019-20	1,278 (42%)	$51,979	488 (16%)	$4,719	696 (23%)	$4,753
2020-21	1,235 (43%)	$55,564	488 (17%)	$5,021	599 (21%)	$4,816
2021-22	1,365 (40%)	$58,506	490 (14%)	$5,036	632 (19%)	$4,909
Average	1,287 (42.89%)	$47,519	514 (17.11%)	$4,754	794 (26.67%)	$4,812

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 325 (41.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $48,876. It can cover 72.93% of tuition & fees ($67,016).

In addition, 207 (26.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,672).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	281 (38%)	$38,693	237 (32%)	$5,329
2014-15	327 (44%)	$41,906	270 (36%)	$5,064
2015-16	349 (46%)	$44,953	231 (31%)	$6,221
2016-17	313 (40%)	$43,276	228 (29%)	$5,744
2017-18	316 (42%)	$48,669	202 (27%)	$5,828
2018-19	332 (41%)	$50,786	185 (23%)	$7,102
2019-20	318 (41%)	$52,848	192 (25%)	$7,965
2020-21	289 (40%)	$58,925	139 (19%)	$7,079
2021-22	397 (44%)	$59,825	181 (20%)	$9,716
Average	325 (41.78%)	$48,876	207 (26.89%)	$6,672

^*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, 129 (16.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,826.

In addition, 10 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (1.83 % 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	109 (15%)	$4,497	75 (10%)	$2,951	25 (3%)	$1,264	281 (38%)	$36,049
2014-15	140 (19%)	$4,919	70 (9%)	$2,942	24 (3%)	$1,994	327 (44%)	$39,024
2015-16	165 (22%)	$4,712	129 (17%)	$2,888	17 (2%)	$1,818	348 (46%)	$41,689
2016-17	114 (15%)	$4,795	57 (7%)	$3,000	1 (0%)	$850	313 (40%)	$40,981
2017-18	125 (16%)	$4,621	69 (9%)	$3,000	1 (0%)	$3,000	315 (41%)	$46,323
2018-19	142 (18%)	$4,578	56 (7%)	$2,973	10 (1%)	$2,930	327 (41%)	$48,976
2019-20	119 (15%)	$4,913	90 (12%)	$2,983	3 (0%)	$3,752	316 (41%)	$50,447
2020-21	130 (18%)	$5,244	133 (18%)	$3,420	6 (1%)	$2,514	286 (40%)	$55,516
2021-22	115 (13%)	$5,154	254 (28%)	$3,415	5 (1%)	$2,593	379 (42%)	$58,780
Average	129 (16.78%)	$4,826	104 (13.00%)	$3,064	10 (1.83%)	$2,302	321 (41.44%)	$46,421

^*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, 207 (26.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $207.

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	237 (32%)	$5,329	224 (30%)	$4,204	25 (3%)	$12,854
2014-15	270 (36%)	$5,064	256 (34%)	$3,983	27 (4%)	$12,870
2015-16	231 (31%)	$6,221	213 (28%)	$3,400	43 (6%)	$16,579
2016-17	228 (29%)	$5,744	210 (27%)	$4,040	21 (3%)	$21,969
2017-18	202 (27%)	$5,828	190 (25%)	$3,758	29 (4%)	$15,973
2018-19	185 (23%)	$7,102	173 (22%)	$4,002	27 (3%)	$23,021
2019-20	192 (25%)	$7,965	178 (23%)	$3,822	35 (5%)	$24,258
2020-21	139 (19%)	$7,079	133 (18%)	$3,834	17 (2%)	$27,881
2021-22	181 (20%)	$9,716	166 (18%)	$4,134	33 (4%)	$32,496
Average	207 (26.89%)	$6,672	194 (25.00%)	$3,909	29 (3.78%)	$20,878

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Wesleyan

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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