How WVSU'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 Virginia State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,497, which is 45.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,172 students which is 36.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $8,066.

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	1,536 (59%)	$6,190	1,189 (46%)	$4,173	1,401 (54%)	$7,283
2014-15	1,922 (68%)	$11,662	1,257 (44%)	$4,159	1,472 (52%)	$7,272
2015-16	1,530 (48%)	$7,405	1,112 (35%)	$4,238	1,335 (42%)	$7,853
2016-17	1,465 (42%)	$7,599	1,051 (30%)	$4,164	1,292 (37%)	$7,980
2017-18	1,641 (44%)	$13,483	1,057 (28%)	$4,436	1,267 (34%)	$8,485
2018-19	1,518 (43%)	$7,353	936 (26%)	$4,650	1,154 (32%)	$8,470
2019-20	1,442 (36%)	$7,911	839 (21%)	$4,570	1,005 (25%)	$8,736
2020-21	1,312 (37%)	$13,402	711 (20%)	$4,584	863 (25%)	$8,338
2021-22	1,108 (34%)	$8,953	665 (20%)	$4,735	755 (23%)	$8,178
Average	1,497 (45.67%)	$9,329	980 (30.00%)	$4,412	1,172 (36.00%)	$8,066

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 307 (88.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,040. It can cover 52.83% of tuition & fees ($15,219) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 210 (60.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,688).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	305 (77%)	$6,183	257 (65%)	$6,644
2014-15	376 (94%)	$7,732	255 (63%)	$6,875
2015-16	332 (90%)	$7,155	230 (63%)	$7,585
2016-17	347 (84%)	$8,451	243 (59%)	$7,975
2017-18	335 (87%)	$7,361	241 (63%)	$8,243
2018-19	305 (94%)	$8,271	213 (66%)	$7,751
2019-20	247 (92%)	$8,761	156 (58%)	$8,884
2020-21	242 (89%)	$8,961	135 (49%)	$7,712
2021-22	270 (90%)	$9,482	162 (54%)	$7,522
Average	307 (88.56%)	$8,040	210 (60.00%)	$7,688

^*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, 184 (52.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,479.

In addition, 157 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (45.56 % 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	210 (53%)	$4,285	42 (11%)	$1,251	166 (42%)	$3,209	74 (19%)	$5,414
2014-15	225 (56%)	$4,192	66 (16%)	$726	191 (48%)	$3,358	260 (65%)	$4,902
2015-16	204 (56%)	$4,229	38 (10%)	$1,366	158 (43%)	$3,530	197 (54%)	$4,584
2016-17	217 (52%)	$4,209	59 (14%)	$1,371	160 (39%)	$3,688	217 (52%)	$6,214
2017-18	211 (55%)	$4,527	80 (21%)	$730	173 (45%)	$3,348	157 (41%)	$5,561
2018-19	188 (58%)	$4,672	67 (21%)	$861	168 (52%)	$3,519	174 (54%)	$5,721
2019-20	138 (51%)	$4,530	55 (20%)	$762	106 (39%)	$3,507	155 (58%)	$7,258
2020-21	113 (41%)	$4,826	51 (19%)	$1,049	128 (47%)	$4,386	163 (60%)	$6,186
2021-22	154 (51%)	$4,840	62 (21%)	$1,296	165 (55%)	$3,857	157 (52%)	$6,995
Average	184 (52.56%)	$4,479	58 (17.00%)	$1,046	157 (45.56%)	$3,600	173 (50.56%)	$5,871

^*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, 210 (60.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $210.

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	257 (65%)	$6,644	255 (65%)	$6,601	3 (1%)	$8,100
2014-15	255 (63%)	$6,875	255 (63%)	$6,875	-	-
2015-16	230 (63%)	$7,585	230 (63%)	$7,490	2 (1%)	$10,985
2016-17	243 (59%)	$7,975	241 (58%)	$7,875	4 (1%)	$10,025
2017-18	241 (63%)	$8,243	235 (61%)	$8,120	6 (2%)	$13,039
2018-19	213 (66%)	$7,751	211 (65%)	$7,504	7 (2%)	$9,665
2019-20	156 (58%)	$8,884	153 (57%)	$8,773	5 (2%)	$8,725
2020-21	135 (49%)	$7,712	133 (49%)	$7,576	5 (2%)	$6,704
2021-22	162 (54%)	$7,522	162 (54%)	$7,330	3 (1%)	$10,370
Average	210 (60.00%)	$7,688	208 (59.44%)	$7,572	4 (1.50%)	$9,702

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WVSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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