How WCSU'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 Connecticut State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,980, which is 59.56 % of all undergraduate students. 2,768 students which is 54.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,083.

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	3,223 (59%)	$4,804	1,698 (31%)	$3,931	3,082 (56%)	$7,780
2014-15	3,140 (58%)	$5,341	1,836 (34%)	$4,054	3,046 (56%)	$6,876
2015-16	2,732 (52%)	$5,153	1,803 (34%)	$4,071	2,932 (55%)	$6,751
2016-17	2,826 (55%)	$5,227	1,861 (36%)	$4,005	3,083 (60%)	$6,711
2017-18	2,654 (52%)	$5,394	1,759 (35%)	$4,217	2,879 (57%)	$6,700
2018-19	2,911 (58%)	$5,402	1,720 (34%)	$4,401	2,786 (55%)	$8,413
2019-20	2,900 (58%)	$5,710	1,690 (34%)	$4,333	2,684 (54%)	$6,457
2020-21	3,955 (85%)	$4,783	1,513 (33%)	$4,469	2,337 (50%)	$7,775
2021-22	2,477 (59%)	$6,277	1,380 (33%)	$4,583	2,081 (50%)	$6,285
Average	2,980 (59.56%)	$5,343	1,696 (33.78%)	$4,229	2,768 (54.78%)	$7,083

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 555 (71.56 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,220. It can cover 38.65% of tuition & fees ($16,095) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 486 (62.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,716).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	555 (71%)	$5,851	514 (66%)	$14,426
2014-15	541 (70%)	$5,952	501 (65%)	$6,703
2015-16	452 (68%)	$5,944	365 (55%)	$6,106
2016-17	569 (69%)	$5,994	556 (67%)	$6,993
2017-18	543 (67%)	$5,781	540 (67%)	$6,790
2018-19	667 (76%)	$5,439	544 (62%)	$6,758
2019-20	601 (73%)	$5,653	517 (63%)	$6,777
2020-21	571 (78%)	$6,312	424 (58%)	$8,469
2021-22	500 (72%)	$9,057	411 (59%)	$6,418
Average	555 (71.56%)	$6,220	486 (62.44%)	$7,716

^*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, 285 (36.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,533.

In addition, 239 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (31.00 % 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	260 (33%)	$4,226	18 (2%)	$2,642	122 (16%)	$3,005	543 (69%)	$3,194
2014-15	278 (36%)	$4,378	7 (1%)	$1,815	244 (32%)	$2,850	488 (63%)	$2,653
2015-16	256 (38%)	$4,521	35 (5%)	$2,504	125 (19%)	$2,907	352 (53%)	$3,064
2016-17	305 (37%)	$4,325	34 (4%)	$1,338	122 (15%)	$2,693	473 (57%)	$3,631
2017-18	284 (35%)	$4,627	40 (5%)	$2,422	432 (53%)	$3,615	16 (2%)	$10,418
2018-19	310 (35%)	$4,688	32 (4%)	$1,667	104 (12%)	$2,940	541 (61%)	$3,356
2019-20	327 (40%)	$4,568	43 (5%)	$2,156	469 (57%)	$3,217	81 (10%)	$3,730
2020-21	290 (40%)	$4,702	437 (60%)	$1,301	115 (16%)	$2,701	360 (49%)	$3,782
2021-22	254 (36%)	$4,762	31 (4%)	$2,970	415 (59%)	$4,270	334 (48%)	$4,356
Average	285 (36.67%)	$4,533	75 (10.00%)	$2,091	239 (31.00%)	$3,133	354 (45.78%)	$4,243

^*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, 486 (62.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $486.

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	514 (66%)	$14,426	508 (65%)	$7,080	514 (66%)	$7,428
2014-15	501 (65%)	$6,703	492 (64%)	$5,945	45 (6%)	$9,629
2015-16	365 (55%)	$6,106	332 (50%)	$5,658	33 (5%)	$10,613
2016-17	556 (67%)	$6,993	545 (66%)	$5,670	65 (8%)	$12,277
2017-18	540 (67%)	$6,790	530 (65%)	$5,474	64 (8%)	$11,961
2018-19	544 (62%)	$6,758	537 (61%)	$5,246	68 (8%)	$12,631
2019-20	517 (63%)	$6,777	514 (62%)	$5,381	65 (8%)	$11,358
2020-21	424 (58%)	$8,469	424 (58%)	$7,417	36 (5%)	$12,388
2021-22	411 (59%)	$6,418	400 (57%)	$4,988	45 (6%)	$14,280
Average	486 (62.44%)	$7,716	476 (60.89%)	$5,873	104 (13.33%)	$11,396

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WCSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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