How WSU'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 Wichita State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,212, which is 60.11 % of all undergraduate students. 5,535 students which is 46.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,493.

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	6,556 (56%)	$4,925	4,243 (36%)	$3,863	5,947 (51%)	$7,335
2014-15	6,840 (57%)	$4,850	4,320 (36%)	$3,929	6,109 (51%)	$7,466
2015-16	6,634 (58%)	$4,668	3,969 (35%)	$3,879	5,848 (51%)	$7,619
2016-17	6,935 (60%)	$4,859	3,922 (34%)	$3,875	5,737 (50%)	$7,802
2017-18	7,634 (64%)	$4,760	4,021 (34%)	$4,092	5,713 (48%)	$7,654
2018-19	7,956 (64%)	$4,880	4,041 (33%)	$4,212	5,591 (45%)	$7,511
2019-20	8,101 (64%)	$5,276	3,989 (32%)	$4,350	5,433 (43%)	$7,456
2020-21	7,086 (59%)	$6,340	3,691 (31%)	$4,387	4,950 (41%)	$7,333
2021-22	7,162 (59%)	$7,373	3,638 (30%)	$4,560	4,484 (37%)	$7,260
Average	7,212 (60.11%)	$5,326	3,982 (33.44%)	$4,127	5,535 (46.33%)	$7,493

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,229 (82.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,763. It can cover 29.95% of tuition & fees ($19,240) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 763 (51.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,762).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,096 (87%)	$5,367	573 (45%)	$5,587
2014-15	1,298 (91%)	$4,143	753 (53%)	$7,234
2015-16	1,155 (91%)	$4,397	702 (55%)	$8,273
2016-17	1,142 (79%)	$5,793	760 (53%)	$8,072
2017-18	1,178 (78%)	$6,055	791 (53%)	$8,159
2018-19	1,338 (80%)	$6,165	877 (52%)	$7,997
2019-20	1,294 (79%)	$6,159	835 (51%)	$8,265
2020-21	1,182 (78%)	$6,674	738 (49%)	$8,067
2021-22	1,382 (79%)	$7,110	840 (48%)	$8,200
Average	1,229 (82.44%)	$5,763	763 (51.00%)	$7,762

^*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, 538 (35.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,441.

In addition, 307 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (20.44 % 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	442 (35%)	$4,273	98 (8%)	$746	233 (18%)	$1,160	818 (65%)	$4,462
2014-15	522 (37%)	$4,261	138 (10%)	$762	296 (21%)	$1,125	1,059 (74%)	$2,564
2015-16	449 (35%)	$4,331	135 (11%)	$767	285 (22%)	$1,073	946 (74%)	$2,880
2016-17	512 (35%)	$4,376	150 (10%)	$755	298 (21%)	$1,088	929 (64%)	$4,238
2017-18	565 (38%)	$4,377	50 (3%)	$1,077	358 (24%)	$1,260	995 (66%)	$4,176
2018-19	602 (36%)	$4,389	117 (7%)	$1,099	256 (15%)	$1,244	1,149 (69%)	$4,490
2019-20	575 (35%)	$4,676	103 (6%)	$1,916	296 (18%)	$1,278	1,064 (65%)	$4,423
2020-21	533 (35%)	$4,590	108 (7%)	$2,146	333 (22%)	$1,191	987 (65%)	$4,877
2021-22	644 (37%)	$4,694	147 (8%)	$2,852	409 (23%)	$1,202	1,197 (69%)	$4,922
Average	538 (35.89%)	$4,441	116 (7.78%)	$1,347	307 (20.44%)	$1,180	1,016 (67.89%)	$4,115

^*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, 763 (51.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $763.

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	573 (45%)	$5,587	572 (45%)	$5,386	15 (1%)	$8,025
2014-15	753 (53%)	$7,234	753 (53%)	$6,661	43 (3%)	$10,028
2015-16	702 (55%)	$8,273	702 (55%)	$7,928	29 (2%)	$8,346
2016-17	760 (53%)	$8,072	759 (52%)	$7,460	44 (3%)	$10,756
2017-18	791 (53%)	$8,159	789 (53%)	$7,604	45 (3%)	$10,090
2018-19	877 (52%)	$7,997	869 (52%)	$7,108	74 (4%)	$11,299
2019-20	835 (51%)	$8,265	833 (51%)	$7,448	65 (4%)	$10,726
2020-21	738 (49%)	$8,067	731 (48%)	$6,770	89 (6%)	$11,287
2021-22	840 (48%)	$8,200	830 (48%)	$6,889	98 (6%)	$11,945
Average	763 (51.00%)	$7,762	760 (50.78%)	$7,028	56 (3.56%)	$10,278

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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