How Wheaton'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 Wheaton College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,927, which is 80.67 % of all undergraduate students. 1,162 students which is 48.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,503.

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	1,815 (74%)	$14,506	492 (20%)	$4,077	1,204 (49%)	$6,674
2014-15	1,736 (71%)	$17,190	484 (20%)	$4,259	1,161 (48%)	$6,541
2015-16	1,850 (75%)	$17,644	478 (19%)	$4,216	1,230 (50%)	$6,532
2016-17	1,962 (80%)	$16,999	478 (19%)	$4,175	1,286 (52%)	$6,619
2017-18	1,844 (77%)	$16,885	488 (20%)	$4,269	1,189 (50%)	$6,959
2018-19	1,891 (79%)	$18,259	505 (21%)	$4,501	1,177 (49%)	$6,220
2019-20	2,015 (84%)	$19,262	488 (20%)	$4,578	1,180 (49%)	$6,310
2020-21	1,971 (87%)	$19,778	494 (22%)	$4,813	978 (43%)	$6,391
2021-22	2,257 (99%)	$20,220	476 (21%)	$4,751	1,054 (46%)	$6,284
Average	1,927 (80.67%)	$17,860	487 (20.22%)	$4,404	1,162 (48.44%)	$6,503

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 487 (84.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $19,782. It can cover 45.02% of tuition & fees ($43,936).

In addition, 310 (53.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,922).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	413 (69%)	$17,111	288 (48%)	$7,002
2014-15	485 (80%)	$15,912	320 (53%)	$7,045
2015-16	486 (80%)	$17,344	319 (53%)	$7,108
2016-17	496 (84%)	$16,173	337 (57%)	$7,663
2017-18	473 (82%)	$19,443	319 (55%)	$7,616
2018-19	531 (87%)	$20,409	320 (52%)	$6,312
2019-20	522 (85%)	$23,903	336 (55%)	$6,549
2020-21	436 (91%)	$23,469	252 (52%)	$6,575
2021-22	545 (100%)	$24,272	302 (55%)	$6,429
Average	487 (84.22%)	$19,782	310 (53.33%)	$6,922

^*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, 120 (20.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,490.

In addition, 35 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (6.00 % 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	116 (19%)	$4,042	113 (19%)	$960	38 (6%)	$3,924	410 (69%)	$15,464
2014-15	124 (20%)	$4,346	123 (20%)	$996	38 (6%)	$3,938	483 (80%)	$14,298
2015-16	123 (20%)	$4,368	122 (20%)	$1,066	34 (6%)	$4,206	486 (80%)	$15,676
2016-17	100 (17%)	$4,291	100 (17%)	$1,080	26 (4%)	$4,616	496 (84%)	$14,849
2017-18	130 (22%)	$4,359	129 (22%)	$1,000	33 (6%)	$4,720	473 (82%)	$17,643
2018-19	146 (24%)	$4,614	145 (24%)	$1,000	38 (6%)	$4,599	531 (87%)	$18,538
2019-20	135 (22%)	$4,710	394 (64%)	$686	42 (7%)	$5,336	522 (85%)	$21,738
2020-21	104 (22%)	$4,950	393 (82%)	$1,009	27 (6%)	$5,253	436 (91%)	$21,054
2021-22	105 (19%)	$4,728	544 (100%)	$1,211	39 (7%)	$5,160	515 (94%)	$23,052
Average	120 (20.56%)	$4,490	229 (40.89%)	$1,001	35 (6.00%)	$4,639	484 (83.56%)	$18,035

^*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, 310 (53.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $310.

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	288 (48%)	$7,002	285 (48%)	$6,126	19 (3%)	$14,239
2014-15	320 (53%)	$7,045	320 (53%)	$6,156	20 (3%)	$14,222
2015-16	319 (53%)	$7,108	318 (53%)	$6,145	25 (4%)	$12,543
2016-17	337 (57%)	$7,663	332 (56%)	$6,036	27 (5%)	$21,419
2017-18	319 (55%)	$7,616	319 (55%)	$6,358	30 (5%)	$13,377
2018-19	320 (52%)	$6,312	318 (52%)	$5,116	32 (5%)	$12,274
2019-20	336 (55%)	$6,549	336 (55%)	$5,222	26 (4%)	$17,148
2020-21	252 (52%)	$6,575	252 (52%)	$5,169	23 (5%)	$15,404
2021-22	302 (55%)	$6,429	302 (55%)	$5,236	23 (4%)	$15,673
Average	310 (53.33%)	$6,922	309 (53.22%)	$5,729	25 (4.22%)	$15,144

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Wheaton

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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