How WGU'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 Governors University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 27,462, which is 37.00 % of all undergraduate students. 34,412 students which is 48.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,987.

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	15,172 (43%)	$3,673	13,194 (37%)	$3,921	21,094 (59%)	$5,471
2014-15	17,632 (40%)	$4,250	16,494 (37%)	$3,876	26,519 (60%)	$5,145
2015-16	19,150 (35%)	$3,852	16,954 (31%)	$3,840	32,295 (59%)	$4,103
2016-17	20,607 (32%)	$3,875	18,757 (29%)	$3,792	29,415 (46%)	$3,883
2017-18	23,856 (33%)	$2,635	21,728 (30%)	$2,431	39,739 (55%)	$3,103
2018-19	32,760 (37%)	$4,308	30,199 (34%)	$4,034	42,100 (47%)	$5,861
2019-20	36,952 (37%)	$4,147	33,088 (34%)	$3,949	24,159 (24%)	$6,494
2020-21	39,567 (38%)	$4,203	34,827 (33%)	$4,078	46,907 (45%)	$5,381
2021-22	41,466 (38%)	$4,359	36,224 (34%)	$4,202	47,479 (44%)	$5,445
Average	27,462 (37.00%)	$3,922	24,607 (33.22%)	$3,791	34,412 (48.78%)	$4,987

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 101 (47.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,692. It can cover 56.54% of tuition & fees ($8,300).

In addition, 119 (64.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,269).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	22 (42%)	$4,646	35 (67%)	$5,060
2014-15	57 (62%)	$4,603	75 (82%)	$4,554
2015-16	54 (36%)	$4,155	91 (61%)	$5,215
2016-17	-	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-	-
2018-19	88 (43%)	$5,369	125 (61%)	$5,899
2019-20	16 (57%)	$4,960	19 (68%)	$5,590
2020-21	47 (47%)	$4,316	67 (67%)	$5,072
2021-22	425 (42%)	$4,798	420 (42%)	$5,494
Average	101 (47.00%)	$4,692	119 (64.00%)	$5,269

^*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, 93 (45.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,578.

In addition, 14 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (3.80 % 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	22 (42%)	$4,646	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	57 (62%)	$4,538	2 (2%)	$1,853	-	-	-	-
2015-16	53 (36%)	$4,140	6 (4%)	$413	1 (1%)	$2,156	1 (1%)	$300
2016-17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	87 (42%)	$5,245	23 (11%)	$391	6 (3%)	$1,198	-	-
2019-20	15 (54%)	$4,872	3 (11%)	$900	1 (4%)	$81	4 (14%)	$875
2020-21	41 (41%)	$4,141	8 (8%)	$788	5 (5%)	$2,278	11 (11%)	$1,398
2021-22	378 (38%)	$4,462	167 (17%)	$751	57 (6%)	$2,561	77 (8%)	$1,057
Average	93 (45.00%)	$4,578	35 (8.83%)	$849	14 (3.80%)	$1,655	23 (8.50%)	$908

^*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, 119 (64.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $119.

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	35 (67%)	$5,060	35 (67%)	$5,060	-	-
2014-15	75 (82%)	$4,554	75 (82%)	$4,554	-	-
2015-16	91 (61%)	$5,215	91 (61%)	$5,142	1 (1%)	$6,635
2016-17	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	125 (61%)	$5,899	125 (61%)	$5,899	-	-
2019-20	19 (68%)	$5,590	19 (68%)	$5,590	-	-
2020-21	67 (67%)	$5,072	67 (67%)	$5,072	-	-
2021-22	420 (42%)	$5,494	420 (42%)	$5,494	-	-
Average	119 (64.00%)	$5,269	119 (64.00%)	$5,259	1 (1.00%)	$6,635

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WGU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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