How Whitman'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 Whitman College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,208, which is 80.70 % of all undergraduate students. 609 students which is 40.50% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,748.

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	1,171 (76%)	$20,687	169 (11%)	$4,090	591 (38%)	$5,578
2014-15	1,137 (76%)	$20,846	151 (10%)	$4,112	718 (48%)	$5,919
2015-16	1,096 (75%)	$22,269	162 (11%)	$4,097	668 (45%)	$5,872
2016-17	1,149 (77%)	$23,871	154 (10%)	$4,315	715 (48%)	$5,773
2017-18	1,141 (76%)	$25,301	170 (11%)	$4,364	546 (36%)	$5,573
2018-19	1,156 (78%)	$27,833	170 (12%)	$4,600	593 (40%)	$5,824
2019-20	1,286 (81%)	$28,524	187 (12%)	$4,728	643 (41%)	$5,738
2020-21	1,190 (88%)	$32,540	191 (14%)	$5,037	492 (36%)	$5,655
2021-22	1,409 (90%)	$30,263	214 (14%)	$4,952	584 (37%)	$5,687
2022-23	1,342 (90%)	$32,216	219 (15%)	$5,076	543 (36%)	$5,865
Average	1,208 (80.70%)	$26,435	179 (12.00%)	$4,537	609 (40.50%)	$5,748

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

Overview

For the last 11 years, on average, 323 (83.20 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $27,307. It can cover 44.41% of tuition & fees ($61,492).

In addition, 183 (47.10 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,009).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	305 (78%)	$22,812	170 (43%)	$7,210
2014-15	294 (75%)	$21,334	211 (54%)	$5,673
2015-16	273 (75%)	$25,630	199 (55%)	$5,471
2016-17	288 (71%)	$23,828	222 (55%)	$5,395
2017-18	317 (81%)	$26,395	169 (43%)	$6,365
2018-19	367 (86%)	$26,260	215 (50%)	$6,680
2019-20	380 (89%)	$30,543	199 (47%)	$5,861
2020-21	246 (91%)	$30,781	114 (42%)	$5,510
2021-22	449 (94%)	$32,047	194 (41%)	$6,438
2022-23	308 (92%)	$33,441	137 (41%)	$5,491
Average	323 (83.20%)	$27,307	183 (47.10%)	$6,009

^*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 11 years, on average, 48 (12.50 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,587.

In addition, 14 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (3.70 % 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	46 (12%)	$4,296	19 (5%)	$3,869	6 (2%)	$9,193	300 (77%)	$22,105
2014-15	40 (10%)	$4,290	21 (5%)	$3,917	12 (3%)	$8,277	293 (74%)	$20,202
2015-16	49 (13%)	$4,476	19 (5%)	$4,000	8 (2%)	$10,009	273 (75%)	$24,255
2016-17	30 (7%)	$4,089	12 (3%)	$3,833	6 (1%)	$10,130	288 (71%)	$23,032
2017-18	49 (13%)	$3,865	15 (4%)	$3,779	9 (2%)	$8,279	317 (81%)	$25,383
2018-19	47 (11%)	$4,989	19 (4%)	$3,803	6 (1%)	$8,705	367 (86%)	$25,282
2019-20	61 (14%)	$4,753	18 (4%)	$4,000	13 (3%)	$7,658	379 (89%)	$29,406
2020-21	43 (16%)	$5,412	16 (6%)	$4,000	19 (7%)	$9,370	244 (91%)	$29,088
2021-22	64 (13%)	$4,872	3 (1%)	$3,420	37 (8%)	$7,768	449 (94%)	$30,689
2022-23	55 (16%)	$4,829	12 (4%)	$3,874	26 (8%)	$6,505	307 (91%)	$31,983
Average	48 (12.50%)	$4,587	15 (4.10%)	$3,850	14 (3.70%)	$8,589	322 (82.90%)	$26,143

^*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 11 years, on average, 183 (47.10 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $183.

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	170 (43%)	$7,210	168 (43%)	$6,232	9 (2%)	$19,845
2014-15	211 (54%)	$5,673	210 (53%)	$5,379	20 (5%)	$3,377
2015-16	199 (55%)	$5,471	198 (54%)	$5,262	18 (5%)	$2,600
2016-17	222 (55%)	$5,395	219 (54%)	$5,418	8 (2%)	$1,415
2017-18	169 (43%)	$6,365	167 (43%)	$5,273	13 (3%)	$15,006
2018-19	215 (50%)	$6,680	213 (50%)	$5,153	15 (4%)	$22,576
2019-20	199 (47%)	$5,861	199 (47%)	$5,197	9 (2%)	$14,690
2020-21	114 (42%)	$5,510	112 (42%)	$4,853	6 (2%)	$14,105
2021-22	194 (41%)	$6,438	193 (40%)	$4,991	11 (2%)	$25,984
2022-23	137 (41%)	$5,491	136 (40%)	$5,107	6 (2%)	$9,631
Average	183 (47.10%)	$6,009	182 (46.60%)	$5,287	12 (2.90%)	$12,923

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Whitman

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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