How WCU'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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,500, which is 52.11 % of all undergraduate students. 8,486 students which is 59.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,488.

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	5,606 (41%)	$5,408	3,337 (24%)	$4,022	8,617 (63%)	$6,797
2014-15	5,945 (43%)	$5,395	3,517 (25%)	$4,064	8,795 (64%)	$6,747
2015-16	5,982 (42%)	$5,623	3,577 (25%)	$4,096	8,940 (63%)	$6,571
2016-17	6,336 (44%)	$5,447	3,647 (25%)	$4,124	8,804 (61%)	$6,266
2017-18	6,263 (43%)	$5,813	3,778 (26%)	$4,261	8,957 (62%)	$6,374
2018-19	6,808 (47%)	$6,334	3,756 (26%)	$4,376	8,738 (60%)	$6,517
2019-20	8,325 (57%)	$5,500	3,695 (25%)	$4,439	8,640 (59%)	$6,463
2020-21	14,563 (99%)	$4,705	3,592 (24%)	$4,523	7,291 (50%)	$6,272
2021-22	7,674 (53%)	$5,802	3,549 (25%)	$4,569	7,593 (52%)	$6,387
Average	7,500 (52.11%)	$5,559	3,605 (25.00%)	$4,275	8,486 (59.33%)	$6,488

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,369 (52.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,697. It can cover 25.31% of tuition & fees ($22,511) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,756 (68.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,651).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	885 (39%)	$5,850	1,612 (70%)	$8,368
2014-15	904 (39%)	$5,627	1,737 (74%)	$8,578
2015-16	907 (38%)	$6,064	1,726 (72%)	$8,450
2016-17	940 (39%)	$5,743	1,703 (70%)	$8,549
2017-18	1,145 (44%)	$6,102	1,847 (70%)	$8,307
2018-19	1,271 (46%)	$5,908	1,969 (71%)	$9,561
2019-20	1,847 (65%)	$5,928	1,992 (70%)	$9,316
2020-21	2,753 (100%)	$4,607	1,478 (53%)	$7,305
2021-22	1,671 (64%)	$5,443	1,737 (66%)	$9,427
Average	1,369 (52.67%)	$5,697	1,756 (68.44%)	$8,651

^*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, 636 (24.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,473.

In addition, 634 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (24.78 % 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	533 (23%)	$4,130	52 (2%)	$1,350	567 (25%)	$3,060	293 (13%)	$3,995
2014-15	551 (24%)	$4,163	27 (1%)	$1,604	626 (27%)	$2,755	277 (12%)	$3,698
2015-16	556 (23%)	$4,411	36 (2%)	$1,247	623 (26%)	$3,063	285 (12%)	$3,842
2016-17	588 (24%)	$4,289	64 (3%)	$1,625	568 (23%)	$2,878	271 (11%)	$4,200
2017-18	694 (26%)	$4,512	57 (2%)	$1,441	714 (27%)	$2,867	943 (36%)	$1,831
2018-19	685 (25%)	$4,660	78 (3%)	$1,485	732 (26%)	$2,942	537 (19%)	$3,813
2019-20	783 (27%)	$4,676	824 (29%)	$1,067	737 (26%)	$2,951	1,503 (53%)	$2,817
2020-21	640 (23%)	$4,651	457 (17%)	$1,580	567 (21%)	$3,100	2,753 (100%)	$2,625
2021-22	697 (27%)	$4,761	153 (6%)	$2,020	569 (22%)	$3,709	1,299 (50%)	$2,584
Average	636 (24.67%)	$4,473	194 (7.22%)	$1,491	634 (24.78%)	$3,036	907 (34.00%)	$3,267

^*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, 1,756 (68.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,756.

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	1,612 (70%)	$8,368	1,589 (69%)	$5,870	311 (14%)	$13,381
2014-15	1,737 (74%)	$8,578	1,715 (73%)	$5,665	393 (17%)	$13,195
2015-16	1,726 (72%)	$8,450	1,698 (71%)	$5,464	384 (16%)	$13,818
2016-17	1,703 (70%)	$8,549	1,663 (68%)	$5,091	428 (18%)	$14,238
2017-18	1,847 (70%)	$8,307	1,812 (69%)	$5,289	422 (16%)	$13,649
2018-19	1,969 (71%)	$9,561	1,915 (69%)	$5,502	546 (20%)	$15,182
2019-20	1,992 (70%)	$9,316	1,938 (68%)	$5,426	544 (19%)	$14,785
2020-21	1,478 (53%)	$7,305	1,397 (51%)	$5,238	294 (11%)	$11,835
2021-22	1,737 (66%)	$9,427	1,673 (64%)	$5,354	472 (18%)	$15,715
Average	1,756 (68.44%)	$8,651	1,711 (66.89%)	$5,433	422 (16.56%)	$13,978

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WCU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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