How Williams'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 Williams College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,152, which is 55.22 % of all undergraduate students. 469 students which is 22.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,498.

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	1,194 (57%)	$39,404	393 (19%)	$4,451	552 (26%)	$5,240
2014-15	1,123 (54%)	$40,435	374 (18%)	$4,504	559 (27%)	$4,753
2015-16	1,127 (53%)	$42,988	394 (19%)	$4,465	570 (27%)	$4,716
2016-17	1,132 (54%)	$44,978	396 (19%)	$4,532	505 (24%)	$4,626
2017-18	1,143 (55%)	$48,763	409 (20%)	$4,777	508 (24%)	$4,419
2018-19	1,177 (56%)	$51,496	441 (21%)	$4,830	460 (22%)	$4,227
2019-20	1,191 (57%)	$53,036	431 (21%)	$4,903	429 (20%)	$4,025
2020-21	1,132 (58%)	$50,859	428 (22%)	$5,123	293 (15%)	$4,262
2021-22	1,146 (53%)	$57,850	396 (18%)	$5,113	348 (16%)	$4,213
Average	1,152 (55.22%)	$47,757	407 (19.67%)	$4,744	469 (22.33%)	$4,498

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 272 (50.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $50,004. It can cover 77.10% of tuition & fees ($64,860).

In addition, 122 (22.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,633).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	267 (49%)	$41,535	135 (25%)	$5,417
2014-15	263 (48%)	$42,474	145 (27%)	$4,387
2015-16	276 (50%)	$48,073	129 (23%)	$4,951
2016-17	284 (51%)	$48,050	126 (23%)	$4,440
2017-18	292 (53%)	$51,671	133 (24%)	$5,060
2018-19	271 (51%)	$55,897	112 (21%)	$4,163
2019-20	286 (52%)	$53,164	137 (25%)	$5,044
2020-21	250 (52%)	$52,053	71 (15%)	$4,090
2021-22	256 (45%)	$57,121	108 (19%)	$4,143
Average	272 (50.11%)	$50,004	122 (22.44%)	$4,633

^*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, 104 (19.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,777.

In addition, 13 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (2.44 % 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	95 (17%)	$4,567	21 (4%)	$4,000	10 (2%)	$2,356	267 (49%)	$39,507
2014-15	94 (17%)	$4,296	24 (4%)	$4,000	12 (2%)	$2,327	261 (48%)	$40,777
2015-16	121 (22%)	$4,732	24 (4%)	$4,000	24 (4%)	$2,265	276 (50%)	$45,454
2016-17	117 (21%)	$4,636	23 (4%)	$4,000	21 (4%)	$2,538	283 (51%)	$45,790
2017-18	122 (22%)	$4,890	17 (3%)	$3,992	16 (3%)	$2,941	289 (53%)	$49,745
2018-19	106 (20%)	$4,858	16 (3%)	$4,000	11 (2%)	$2,468	270 (51%)	$53,859
2019-20	102 (19%)	$5,000	13 (2%)	$4,000	7 (1%)	$3,018	286 (52%)	$51,125
2020-21	97 (20%)	$5,017	30 (6%)	$4,000	10 (2%)	$3,013	250 (52%)	$49,506
2021-22	78 (14%)	$4,994	22 (4%)	$4,000	9 (2%)	$2,844	255 (44%)	$55,371
Average	104 (19.11%)	$4,777	21 (3.78%)	$3,999	13 (2.44%)	$2,641	271 (50.00%)	$47,904

^*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, 122 (22.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $122.

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	135 (25%)	$5,417	124 (23%)	$4,418	17 (3%)	$10,792
2014-15	145 (27%)	$4,387	132 (24%)	$4,318	15 (3%)	$4,409
2015-16	129 (23%)	$4,951	114 (21%)	$4,013	16 (3%)	$11,326
2016-17	126 (23%)	$4,440	114 (21%)	$4,207	15 (3%)	$5,320
2017-18	133 (24%)	$5,060	116 (21%)	$3,988	23 (4%)	$9,148
2018-19	112 (21%)	$4,163	91 (17%)	$3,831	24 (5%)	$4,900
2019-20	137 (25%)	$5,044	115 (21%)	$3,662	28 (5%)	$9,637
2020-21	71 (15%)	$4,090	63 (13%)	$3,992	10 (2%)	$3,884
2021-22	108 (19%)	$4,143	99 (17%)	$3,853	12 (2%)	$5,496
Average	122 (22.44%)	$4,633	108 (19.78%)	$4,031	18 (3.33%)	$7,212

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Williams

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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