How Western Carolina'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 Western Carolina University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 6,707, which is 70.11 % of all undergraduate students. 5,175 students which is 54.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,346.

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	5,599 (66%)	$5,789	3,245 (38%)	$4,132	4,806 (57%)	$6,810
2014-15	5,737 (65%)	$6,011	3,383 (39%)	$4,165	5,054 (58%)	$6,650
2015-16	5,938 (67%)	$6,098	3,382 (38%)	$4,177	5,100 (58%)	$6,463
2016-17	6,219 (68%)	$5,970	3,525 (38%)	$4,144	5,475 (60%)	$6,643
2017-18	6,362 (68%)	$6,218	3,664 (39%)	$4,446	5,579 (59%)	$6,665
2018-19	6,481 (65%)	$5,476	3,770 (38%)	$4,499	5,534 (55%)	$6,103
2019-20	7,076 (68%)	$5,641	3,767 (36%)	$4,591	5,355 (51%)	$6,149
2020-21	7,199 (68%)	$5,652	3,632 (35%)	$4,590	5,111 (49%)	$5,796
2021-22	9,748 (96%)	$4,444	3,397 (33%)	$4,612	4,560 (45%)	$5,838
Average	6,707 (70.11%)	$5,700	3,529 (37.11%)	$4,373	5,175 (54.67%)	$6,346

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,370 (74.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,798. It can cover 67.95% of tuition & fees ($8,532) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 1,164 (62.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,127).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,135 (70%)	$5,755	996 (62%)	$6,039
2014-15	1,246 (71%)	$6,306	1,190 (68%)	$5,996
2015-16	1,141 (70%)	$6,282	1,051 (65%)	$5,809
2016-17	1,374 (72%)	$6,464	1,290 (67%)	$6,132
2017-18	1,471 (74%)	$6,380	1,331 (67%)	$6,190
2018-19	1,481 (68%)	$5,376	1,409 (64%)	$6,004
2019-20	1,493 (72%)	$5,319	1,269 (61%)	$6,480
2020-21	1,298 (73%)	$5,772	1,016 (57%)	$6,242
2021-22	1,691 (99%)	$4,526	926 (54%)	$6,250
Average	1,370 (74.33%)	$5,798	1,164 (62.78%)	$6,127

^*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, 725 (39.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,505.

In addition, 686 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (37.11 % 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	632 (39%)	$4,060	44 (3%)	$1,503	642 (40%)	$2,915	1,085 (67%)	$1,870
2014-15	723 (41%)	$4,387	73 (4%)	$1,889	740 (42%)	$2,907	1,198 (69%)	$2,000
2015-16	641 (39%)	$4,419	74 (5%)	$1,329	656 (40%)	$3,109	1,110 (68%)	$1,980
2016-17	804 (42%)	$4,343	108 (6%)	$1,009	808 (42%)	$2,968	1,295 (68%)	$2,226
2017-18	839 (42%)	$4,674	127 (6%)	$1,111	846 (43%)	$3,028	1,341 (68%)	$2,059
2018-19	838 (38%)	$4,581	92 (4%)	$1,092	702 (32%)	$1,537	1,379 (63%)	$2,134
2019-20	773 (37%)	$4,808	978 (47%)	$803	656 (31%)	$1,494	1,267 (61%)	$1,942
2020-21	664 (37%)	$4,693	765 (43%)	$840	589 (33%)	$1,886	1,135 (64%)	$2,310
2021-22	613 (36%)	$4,584	1,690 (99%)	$899	534 (31%)	$1,896	1,052 (62%)	$2,198
Average	725 (39.00%)	$4,505	439 (24.11%)	$1,164	686 (37.11%)	$2,416	1,207 (65.56%)	$2,080

^*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, 1,164 (62.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $1,164.

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	996 (62%)	$6,039	984 (61%)	$5,658	42 (3%)	$10,655
2014-15	1,190 (68%)	$5,996	1,181 (68%)	$5,683	41 (2%)	$10,334
2015-16	1,051 (65%)	$5,809	1,038 (64%)	$5,387	51 (3%)	$10,066
2016-17	1,290 (67%)	$6,132	1,273 (67%)	$5,732	54 (3%)	$11,353
2017-18	1,331 (67%)	$6,190	1,318 (67%)	$5,672	69 (3%)	$11,074
2018-19	1,409 (64%)	$6,004	1,387 (63%)	$5,205	144 (7%)	$8,607
2019-20	1,269 (61%)	$6,480	1,248 (60%)	$5,309	179 (9%)	$8,925
2020-21	1,016 (57%)	$6,242	988 (56%)	$4,850	165 (9%)	$9,396
2021-22	926 (54%)	$6,250	909 (53%)	$4,798	144 (8%)	$9,905
Average	1,164 (62.78%)	$6,127	1,147 (62.11%)	$5,366	99 (5.22%)	$10,035

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Western Carolina

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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