How WSSU'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 Winston-Salem State University since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,614, which is 76.33 % of all undergraduate students. 3,346 students which is 70.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,850.

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	3,442 (70%)	$7,763	2,862 (58%)	$4,391	3,551 (72%)	$7,615
2014-15	3,391 (71%)	$7,581	2,806 (59%)	$4,522	3,407 (71%)	$7,326
2015-16	3,554 (76%)	$8,024	2,878 (61%)	$4,572	3,352 (72%)	$6,751
2016-17	3,692 (78%)	$7,872	2,995 (63%)	$4,567	3,505 (74%)	$6,747
2017-18	3,669 (78%)	$8,244	3,067 (65%)	$4,897	3,491 (74%)	$6,696
2018-19	3,760 (79%)	$8,294	3,049 (64%)	$4,959	3,436 (72%)	$6,673
2019-20	3,772 (81%)	$8,138	3,018 (65%)	$5,092	3,361 (72%)	$6,733
2020-21	3,752 (80%)	$8,223	2,984 (64%)	$5,177	3,159 (67%)	$6,622
2021-22	3,495 (74%)	$8,749	2,913 (62%)	$5,251	2,856 (60%)	$6,486
Average	3,614 (76.33%)	$8,099	2,952 (62.33%)	$4,825	3,346 (70.44%)	$6,850

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 802 (89.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,341. It can cover 47.96% of tuition & fees ($17,391) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 753 (83.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,420).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	634 (88%)	$8,833	604 (83%)	$6,457
2014-15	747 (89%)	$8,614	731 (87%)	$6,614
2015-16	775 (90%)	$8,408	743 (86%)	$6,212
2016-17	853 (91%)	$7,930	831 (88%)	$6,431
2017-18	843 (90%)	$8,650	806 (86%)	$6,299
2018-19	839 (90%)	$8,036	786 (84%)	$6,378
2019-20	866 (90%)	$8,492	826 (86%)	$6,500
2020-21	872 (87%)	$7,752	793 (79%)	$6,378
2021-22	786 (86%)	$8,350	656 (72%)	$6,507
Average	802 (89.00%)	$8,341	753 (83.44%)	$6,420

^*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, 682 (75.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,114.

In addition, 581 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (64.56 % 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	519 (72%)	$4,808	130 (18%)	$1,558	449 (62%)	$2,670	482 (67%)	$3,534
2014-15	644 (76%)	$4,982	133 (16%)	$1,770	588 (70%)	$2,680	578 (68%)	$2,447
2015-16	667 (77%)	$4,959	142 (16%)	$1,055	609 (70%)	$2,554	523 (60%)	$2,874
2016-17	734 (78%)	$4,882	147 (16%)	$1,214	551 (59%)	$2,474	636 (68%)	$2,577
2017-18	725 (78%)	$5,102	149 (16%)	$1,602	631 (68%)	$2,561	613 (66%)	$2,836
2018-19	697 (75%)	$5,161	80 (9%)	$1,739	602 (64%)	$2,458	524 (56%)	$2,913
2019-20	729 (76%)	$5,313	134 (14%)	$1,939	633 (66%)	$2,468	622 (65%)	$2,666
2020-21	747 (74%)	$5,323	308 (31%)	$1,092	613 (61%)	$2,147	373 (37%)	$3,034
2021-22	675 (74%)	$5,493	110 (12%)	$2,336	553 (61%)	$2,333	513 (56%)	$2,550
Average	682 (75.56%)	$5,114	148 (16.44%)	$1,589	581 (64.56%)	$2,483	540 (60.33%)	$2,826

^*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, 753 (83.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $753.

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	604 (83%)	$6,457	600 (83%)	$6,202	19 (3%)	$9,408
2014-15	731 (87%)	$6,614	731 (87%)	$6,504	9 (1%)	$8,912
2015-16	743 (86%)	$6,212	738 (85%)	$6,010	19 (2%)	$9,478
2016-17	831 (88%)	$6,431	830 (88%)	$6,267	15 (2%)	$9,484
2017-18	806 (86%)	$6,299	802 (86%)	$5,983	27 (3%)	$10,297
2018-19	786 (84%)	$6,378	783 (84%)	$6,088	24 (3%)	$10,275
2019-20	826 (86%)	$6,500	824 (86%)	$6,211	23 (2%)	$10,908
2020-21	793 (79%)	$6,378	787 (78%)	$6,071	28 (3%)	$9,995
2021-22	656 (72%)	$6,507	643 (71%)	$5,873	38 (4%)	$12,953
Average	753 (83.44%)	$6,420	749 (83.11%)	$6,134	22 (2.56%)	$10,190

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at WSSU

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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