How WTAMU'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 Texas A & M University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,932, which is 68.00 % of all undergraduate students. 3,805 students which is 52.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,202.

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	4,629 (67%)	$5,238	2,682 (39%)	$3,950	3,651 (53%)	$7,114
2014-15	4,321 (61%)	$8,756	2,800 (39%)	$3,982	3,683 (52%)	$6,897
2015-16	4,098 (56%)	$5,353	2,630 (36%)	$4,046	3,526 (48%)	$6,747
2016-17	4,749 (64%)	$5,417	2,611 (35%)	$3,959	3,654 (49%)	$7,201
2017-18	4,848 (66%)	$5,984	2,756 (37%)	$4,299	3,490 (47%)	$6,615
2018-19	4,895 (66%)	$6,144	2,809 (38%)	$4,397	3,467 (47%)	$7,793
2019-20	5,682 (77%)	$6,419	4,709 (64%)	$2,869	5,667 (77%)	$4,583
2020-21	5,902 (81%)	$6,384	3,054 (42%)	$4,260	4,558 (62%)	$5,027
2021-22	5,260 (74%)	$5,411	3,286 (46%)	$5,071	2,549 (36%)	$3,837
Average	4,932 (68.00%)	$6,123	3,037 (41.78%)	$4,093	3,805 (52.33%)	$6,202

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 988 (76.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,935. It can cover 63.07% of tuition & fees ($10,996) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 704 (54.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,115).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	943 (73%)	$6,310	765 (60%)	$5,655
2014-15	897 (68%)	$6,452	720 (54%)	$5,813
2015-16	1,003 (73%)	$6,664	718 (52%)	$5,825
2016-17	944 (72%)	$6,082	700 (54%)	$5,569
2017-18	911 (74%)	$6,606	630 (51%)	$5,625
2018-19	981 (84%)	$8,467	584 (50%)	$6,844
2019-20	1,011 (72%)	$7,324	650 (46%)	$6,619
2020-21	1,051 (86%)	$7,009	562 (46%)	$6,714
2021-22	1,147 (88%)	$7,500	1,004 (77%)	$6,369
Average	988 (76.67%)	$6,935	704 (54.44%)	$6,115

^*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, 515 (40.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,467.

In addition, 682 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (53.56 % 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	546 (43%)	$4,202	23 (2%)	$1,028	657 (51%)	$3,885	468 (36%)	$2,307
2014-15	562 (42%)	$4,271	148 (11%)	$1,312	589 (45%)	$3,973	319 (24%)	$2,673
2015-16	527 (38%)	$4,263	20 (1%)	$1,176	636 (46%)	$4,265	601 (43%)	$2,830
2016-17	464 (36%)	$4,176	15 (1%)	$1,072	608 (47%)	$4,177	478 (37%)	$2,611
2017-18	469 (38%)	$4,503	29 (2%)	$848	624 (51%)	$4,378	465 (38%)	$2,472
2018-19	457 (39%)	$4,518	18 (2%)	$1,087	956 (82%)	$5,109	534 (46%)	$2,505
2019-20	597 (43%)	$4,704	38 (3%)	$871	709 (51%)	$4,351	505 (36%)	$2,928
2020-21	510 (42%)	$4,699	19 (2%)	$1,180	678 (56%)	$4,492	704 (58%)	$2,702
2021-22	507 (39%)	$4,863	36 (3%)	$990	682 (53%)	$5,396	737 (57%)	$3,285
Average	515 (40.00%)	$4,467	38 (3.00%)	$1,063	682 (53.56%)	$4,447	535 (41.67%)	$2,701

^*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, 704 (54.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $704.

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	765 (60%)	$5,655	758 (59%)	$5,043	70 (5%)	$7,184
2014-15	720 (54%)	$5,813	712 (54%)	$5,062	73 (6%)	$7,962
2015-16	718 (52%)	$5,825	709 (51%)	$5,041	70 (5%)	$8,690
2016-17	700 (54%)	$5,569	691 (53%)	$4,832	62 (5%)	$9,026
2017-18	630 (51%)	$5,625	623 (51%)	$4,870	58 (5%)	$8,787
2018-19	584 (50%)	$6,844	580 (50%)	$5,986	62 (5%)	$8,464
2019-20	650 (46%)	$6,619	644 (46%)	$5,712	70 (5%)	$8,907
2020-21	562 (46%)	$6,714	551 (45%)	$5,937	51 (4%)	$9,844
2021-22	1,004 (77%)	$6,369	998 (77%)	$5,800	63 (5%)	$9,626
Average	704 (54.44%)	$6,115	696 (54.00%)	$5,365	64 (5.00%)	$8,721

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WTAMU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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