Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Western Technical

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 516, which is 66.33 % of all undergraduate students. 436 students which is 55.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,996.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 79.00% of students received grants or scholarships and 66% of students received student loans.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Western Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 516, which is 66.33 % of all undergraduate students. 436 students which is 55.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,996.

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	548 (78%)	$4,939	517 (74%)	$3,875	479 (68%)	$4,964
2014-15	546 (73%)	$4,533	542 (72%)	$4,391	471 (63%)	$6,082
2015-16	570 (72%)	$4,967	561 (70%)	$4,818	552 (69%)	$7,659
2016-17	575 (67%)	$4,745	572 (67%)	$4,529	542 (63%)	$7,188
2017-18	686 (83%)	$5,980	529 (64%)	$5,292	479 (58%)	$9,050
2018-19	608 (82%)	$3,777	589 (79%)	$3,878	482 (65%)	$2,648
2019-20	550 (69%)	$7,922	523 (65%)	$6,195	454 (57%)	$10,506
2020-21	438 (57%)	$5,507	412 (53%)	$5,751	404 (52%)	$4,024
2021-22	124 (16%)	$2,399	103 (13%)	$2,645	65 (8%)	$1,846
Average	516 (66.33%)	$4,974	483 (61.89%)	$4,597	436 (55.89%)	$5,996

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 389 (79.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,469. It can cover 7.20% of tuition & fees ($62,046).

In addition, 340 (66.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,285).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	387 (83%)	$4,737	333 (71%)	$4,889
2014-15	417 (78%)	$5,608	416 (78%)	$5,866
2015-16	459 (79%)	$5,022	445 (77%)	$7,039
2016-17	425 (64%)	$5,441	425 (64%)	$7,234
2017-18	545 (79%)	$4,629	446 (65%)	$3,332
2018-19	557 (81%)	$3,914	451 (66%)	$2,763
2019-20	472 (86%)	$4,445	388 (71%)	$2,521
2020-21	127 (87%)	$4,053	109 (75%)	$2,668
2021-22	110 (74%)	$2,368	44 (30%)	$2,251
Average	389 (79.00%)	$4,469	340 (66.33%)	$4,285

^*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, 359 (71.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,261.

In addition, 5 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (1.33 % 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	365 (78%)	$3,675	177 (38%)	$2,448	6 (1%)	$1,407	125 (27%)	$403
2014-15	413 (78%)	$4,325	240 (45%)	$1,959	4 (1%)	$1,126	241 (45%)	$323
2015-16	453 (78%)	$4,806	175 (30%)	$240	8 (1%)	$5,200	172 (30%)	$259
2016-17	425 (64%)	$5,117	200 (30%)	$278	6 (1%)	$5,485	175 (26%)	$282
2017-18	395 (58%)	$5,920	-	-	6 (1%)	$1,862	144 (21%)	$1,202
2018-19	546 (79%)	$3,975	-	-	-	-	11 (2%)	$909
2019-20	445 (81%)	$3,180	445 (81%)	$1,476	2 (0%)	$1,600	25 (5%)	$909
2020-21	101 (69%)	$4,687	15 (10%)	$1,476	4 (3%)	$1,600	14 (10%)	$909
2021-22	89 (60%)	$2,661	21 (14%)	$840	-	-	20 (14%)	$300
Average	359 (71.67%)	$4,261	182 (35.43%)	$1,245	5 (1.33%)	$2,611	103 (20.00%)	$611

^*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, 340 (66.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $340.

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	333 (71%)	$4,889	333 (71%)	$4,889	-	-
2014-15	416 (78%)	$5,866	416 (78%)	$5,866	-	-
2015-16	445 (77%)	$7,039	445 (77%)	$7,039	-	-
2016-17	425 (64%)	$7,234	425 (64%)	$7,234	-	-
2017-18	446 (65%)	$3,332	446 (65%)	$3,332	-	-
2018-19	451 (66%)	$2,763	451 (66%)	$2,763	-	-
2019-20	388 (71%)	$2,521	388 (71%)	$2,521	-	-
2020-21	109 (75%)	$2,668	104 (71%)	$2,521	5 (3%)	$5,721
2021-22	44 (30%)	$2,251	43 (29%)	$2,158	1 (1%)	$6,250
Average	340 (66.33%)	$4,285	339 (65.78%)	$4,258	3 (2.00%)	$5,986

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