How Widener'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 Widener University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,787, which is 85.78 % of all undergraduate students. 2,249 students which is 69.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,086.

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	2,733 (85%)	$20,630	876 (27%)	$4,186	2,305 (72%)	$7,126
2014-15	2,726 (81%)	$22,551	854 (25%)	$4,334	2,262 (68%)	$7,160
2015-16	2,902 (83%)	$23,255	879 (25%)	$4,100	2,391 (68%)	$7,357
2016-17	2,924 (81%)	$24,069	835 (23%)	$4,028	2,441 (68%)	$7,258
2017-18	2,897 (84%)	$25,375	819 (24%)	$4,292	2,385 (69%)	$7,307
2018-19	2,776 (83%)	$28,479	699 (21%)	$4,569	2,175 (65%)	$7,032
2019-20	2,773 (86%)	$27,188	685 (21%)	$4,321	2,243 (70%)	$6,837
2020-21	2,642 (91%)	$27,999	587 (20%)	$4,590	2,062 (71%)	$6,817
2021-22	2,712 (98%)	$27,379	560 (20%)	$4,740	1,980 (72%)	$6,876
Average	2,787 (85.78%)	$25,214	755 (22.89%)	$4,351	2,249 (69.22%)	$7,086

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 712 (97.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $28,587. It can cover 53.30% of tuition & fees ($53,638).

In addition, 595 (81.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $11,539).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	797 (96%)	$24,226	688 (83%)	$11,111
2014-15	702 (96%)	$26,430	597 (81%)	$9,745
2015-16	816 (96%)	$27,016	693 (82%)	$10,574
2016-17	699 (96%)	$26,899	600 (82%)	$12,319
2017-18	755 (98%)	$28,160	632 (82%)	$12,295
2018-19	767 (100%)	$29,991	603 (79%)	$13,930
2019-20	704 (97%)	$30,113	609 (84%)	$12,217
2020-21	598 (100%)	$32,036	460 (77%)	$9,191
2021-22	574 (97%)	$32,412	472 (80%)	$12,468
Average	712 (97.33%)	$28,587	595 (81.11%)	$11,539

^*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, 186 (25.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,315.

In addition, 184 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (24.78 % 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	233 (28%)	$4,444	222 (27%)	$457	247 (30%)	$3,699	781 (94%)	$22,096
2014-15	214 (29%)	$4,476	211 (29%)	$438	251 (34%)	$3,389	692 (94%)	$24,065
2015-16	237 (28%)	$4,019	230 (27%)	$515	222 (26%)	$3,530	805 (95%)	$25,081
2016-17	183 (25%)	$3,962	181 (25%)	$392	206 (28%)	$3,617	695 (95%)	$24,836
2017-18	190 (25%)	$4,242	184 (24%)	$782	179 (23%)	$3,452	744 (96%)	$26,469
2018-19	157 (20%)	$4,151	153 (20%)	$825	158 (21%)	$3,231	767 (100%)	$28,311
2019-20	183 (25%)	$4,310	177 (24%)	$884	161 (22%)	$3,209	690 (95%)	$28,605
2020-21	133 (22%)	$4,577	127 (21%)	$1,185	118 (20%)	$3,884	598 (100%)	$30,000
2021-22	146 (25%)	$4,657	146 (25%)	$1,374	114 (19%)	$4,114	573 (97%)	$30,114
Average	186 (25.22%)	$4,315	181 (24.67%)	$761	184 (24.78%)	$3,569	705 (96.22%)	$26,620

^*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, 595 (81.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $595.

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	688 (83%)	$11,111	681 (82%)	$6,032	203 (25%)	$17,423
2014-15	597 (81%)	$9,745	595 (81%)	$6,005	134 (18%)	$16,755
2015-16	693 (82%)	$10,574	687 (81%)	$5,775	203 (24%)	$16,553
2016-17	600 (82%)	$12,319	590 (81%)	$5,954	209 (29%)	$18,556
2017-18	632 (82%)	$12,295	622 (80%)	$5,915	212 (27%)	$19,298
2018-19	603 (79%)	$13,930	587 (76%)	$5,496	234 (30%)	$22,111
2019-20	609 (84%)	$12,217	598 (82%)	$5,426	228 (31%)	$18,400
2020-21	460 (77%)	$9,191	451 (75%)	$5,440	146 (24%)	$12,154
2021-22	472 (80%)	$12,468	464 (79%)	$5,395	171 (29%)	$19,775
Average	595 (81.11%)	$11,539	586 (79.67%)	$5,715	193 (26.33%)	$17,892

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Widener

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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