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 2,081, which is 50.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,952 students which is 47.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,071.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 62.22% of students received grants or scholarships and 52% 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 2,081, which is 50.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,952 students which is 47.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,071.

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	2,058 (45%)	$4,090	1,831 (40%)	$3,578	2,055 (45%)	$5,173
2014-15	1,966 (48%)	$4,385	1,740 (42%)	$3,687	1,947 (47%)	$5,592
2015-16	1,964 (53%)	$4,245	1,661 (45%)	$3,607	1,906 (51%)	$5,272
2016-17	1,911 (45%)	$4,320	1,587 (37%)	$3,624	1,865 (44%)	$5,380
2017-18	3,651 (86%)	$2,235	2,182 (52%)	$3,176	3,753 (89%)	$2,810
2018-19	1,760 (44%)	$4,782	1,450 (36%)	$3,965	1,614 (40%)	$5,238
2019-20	1,867 (45%)	$4,846	1,483 (36%)	$4,018	1,603 (38%)	$5,266
2020-21	1,752 (45%)	$4,970	1,259 (33%)	$3,847	1,375 (36%)	$5,525
2021-22	1,803 (45%)	$5,604	1,338 (34%)	$3,941	1,448 (37%)	$5,379
Average	2,081 (50.67%)	$4,386	1,615 (39.44%)	$3,716	1,952 (47.44%)	$5,071

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 365 (62.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,878. It can cover 70.61% of tuition & fees ($6,909) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 309 (52.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,921).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	413 (60%)	$4,531	383 (56%)	$4,634
2014-15	288 (42%)	$4,308	262 (38%)	$4,825
2015-16	359 (72%)	$4,479	328 (65%)	$4,963
2016-17	336 (64%)	$4,289	329 (62%)	$4,966
2017-18	378 (74%)	$4,588	319 (62%)	$4,709
2018-19	395 (63%)	$5,228	332 (53%)	$4,985
2019-20	416 (61%)	$5,215	337 (49%)	$4,965
2020-21	346 (69%)	$4,868	231 (46%)	$5,107
2021-22	351 (55%)	$6,400	260 (41%)	$5,134
Average	365 (62.22%)	$4,878	309 (52.44%)	$4,921

^*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, 277 (46.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,441.

In addition, 219 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (37.33 % 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	356 (52%)	$4,146	30 (4%)	$707	204 (30%)	$1,314	108 (16%)	$982
2014-15	221 (32%)	$4,263	15 (2%)	$773	141 (20%)	$1,418	74 (11%)	$1,175
2015-16	270 (54%)	$4,127	17 (3%)	$800	231 (46%)	$1,437	115 (23%)	$1,291
2016-17	254 (48%)	$4,059	13 (2%)	$831	184 (35%)	$1,122	137 (26%)	$1,409
2017-18	289 (56%)	$4,449	23 (4%)	$620	240 (47%)	$1,075	151 (29%)	$1,167
2018-19	298 (47%)	$4,939	29 (5%)	$986	263 (42%)	$1,185	175 (28%)	$1,446
2019-20	317 (46%)	$4,859	20 (3%)	$922	278 (40%)	$1,104	180 (26%)	$1,688
2020-21	234 (46%)	$4,222	222 (44%)	$1,109	201 (40%)	$1,159	145 (29%)	$1,498
2021-22	252 (40%)	$4,905	273 (43%)	$1,653	229 (36%)	$1,180	146 (23%)	$1,979
Average	277 (46.78%)	$4,441	71 (12.22%)	$933	219 (37.33%)	$1,222	137 (23.44%)	$1,404

^*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, 309 (52.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $309.

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	383 (56%)	$4,634	382 (56%)	$4,525	9 (1%)	$5,170
2014-15	262 (38%)	$4,825	262 (38%)	$4,786	2 (0%)	$5,100
2015-16	328 (65%)	$4,963	328 (65%)	$4,888	5 (1%)	$4,906
2016-17	329 (62%)	$4,966	328 (62%)	$4,820	9 (2%)	$5,854
2017-18	319 (62%)	$4,709	319 (62%)	$4,584	7 (1%)	$5,686
2018-19	332 (53%)	$4,985	332 (53%)	$4,704	13 (2%)	$7,161
2019-20	337 (49%)	$4,965	336 (49%)	$4,769	10 (1%)	$7,092
2020-21	231 (46%)	$5,107	229 (45%)	$4,857	8 (2%)	$8,429
2021-22	260 (41%)	$5,134	257 (40%)	$4,792	15 (2%)	$6,885
Average	309 (52.44%)	$4,921	308 (52.22%)	$4,747	9 (1.50%)	$6,254

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