How Southwestern'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 Southwestern College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 12,565, which is 67.55 % of all undergraduate students. 268 students which is 1.45% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,212.

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
2011-12	12,613 (62%)	$2,391	4,961 (24%)	$3,806	404 (2%)	$3,543
2012-13	12,301 (67%)	$2,654	5,020 (27%)	$3,878	338 (2%)	$4,264
2013-14	13,732 (70%)	$2,771	5,722 (29%)	$3,981	329 (2%)	$4,158
2014-15	13,378 (70%)	$2,936	5,951 (31%)	$3,948	344 (2%)	$3,939
2015-16	13,177 (70%)	$2,992	5,677 (30%)	$4,050	305 (2%)	$4,286
2016-17	13,034 (70%)	$3,076	5,979 (32%)	$3,884	278 (1%)	$4,055
2017-18	12,583 (68%)	$3,363	5,865 (32%)	$4,116	232 (1%)	$4,576
2018-19	12,015 (65%)	$3,223	5,732 (31%)	$4,115	199 (1%)	$4,583
2019-20	12,880 (67%)	$3,877	6,563 (34%)	$4,151	275 (1%)	$4,075
2020-21	12,159 (69%)	$4,208	5,559 (32%)	$4,304	112 (1%)	$4,018
2021-22	10,339 (65%)	$5,555	5,440 (34%)	$4,176	131 (1%)	$4,833
Average	12,565 (67.55%)	$3,368	5,679 (30.55%)	$4,037	268 (1.45%)	$4,212

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,361 (80.55 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,250. It can cover 55.31% of tuition & fees ($9,492) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 17 (1.20 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,200).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,171 (75%)	$4,075	21 (1%)	$3,566
2012-13	899 (75%)	$4,612	19 (2%)	$3,247
2013-14	1,360 (78%)	$4,744	27 (2%)	$3,234
2014-15	1,312 (79%)	$5,047	19 (1%)	$3,008
2015-16	1,319 (80%)	$4,904	22 (1%)	$2,933
2016-17	1,486 (80%)	$5,264	15 (1%)	$2,843
2017-18	1,467 (81%)	$5,625	12 (1%)	$3,434
2018-19	1,537 (80%)	$5,183	20 (1%)	$3,357
2019-20	1,853 (89%)	$5,864	13 (1%)	$3,155
2020-21	1,261 (85%)	$5,823	7 (0%)	$3,000
2021-22	1,309 (84%)	$6,613	8 (1%)	$3,419
Average	1,361 (80.55%)	$5,250	17 (1.20%)	$3,200

^*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.

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 12 years, on average, 918 (53.91 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,722.

In addition, 1,338 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (78.91 % 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
2011-12	736 (47%)	$4,446	74 (5%)	$470	1,162 (75%)	$1,254	12 (1%)	$585
2012-13	613 (51%)	$4,506	70 (6%)	$482	891 (74%)	$1,512	9 (1%)	$339
2013-14	952 (55%)	$4,574	88 (5%)	$443	1,349 (77%)	$1,523	11 (1%)	$395
2014-15	930 (56%)	$4,670	92 (6%)	$486	1,299 (78%)	$1,715	10 (1%)	$594
2015-16	878 (53%)	$4,628	84 (5%)	$485	1,303 (79%)	$1,812	6 (0%)	$533
2016-17	1,018 (55%)	$4,710	29 (2%)	$464	1,471 (79%)	$2,045	9 (0%)	$643
2017-18	1,026 (56%)	$4,819	32 (2%)	$492	1,453 (80%)	$2,258	13 (1%)	$810
2018-19	1,070 (55%)	$4,841	165 (9%)	$464	1,509 (78%)	$1,789	22 (1%)	$462
2019-20	1,260 (60%)	$4,993	246 (12%)	$484	1,827 (87%)	$2,416	64 (3%)	$664
2020-21	759 (51%)	$4,882	626 (42%)	$1,400	1,215 (82%)	$2,259	37 (2%)	$449
2021-22	851 (54%)	$4,875	663 (42%)	$2,110	1,239 (79%)	$2,477	67 (4%)	$617
Average	918 (53.91%)	$4,722	197 (12.36%)	$707	1,338 (78.91%)	$1,915	24 (1.67%)	$554

^*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..

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 12 years, on average, 17 (1.20 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $17.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2011-12	21 (1%)	$3,566	21 (1%)	$3,566	-	-
2012-13	19 (2%)	$3,247	19 (2%)	$3,247	-	-
2013-14	27 (2%)	$3,234	27 (2%)	$3,234	-	-
2014-15	19 (1%)	$3,008	19 (1%)	$3,008	-	-
2015-16	22 (1%)	$2,933	22 (1%)	$2,933	-	-
2016-17	15 (1%)	$2,843	15 (1%)	$2,843	-	-
2017-18	12 (1%)	$3,434	12 (1%)	$3,434	-	-
2018-19	20 (1%)	$3,357	20 (1%)	$3,357	-	-
2019-20	13 (1%)	$3,155	13 (1%)	$3,155	-	-
2020-21	7 (0%)	$3,000	7 (0%)	$3,000	-	-
2021-22	8 (1%)	$3,419	8 (1%)	$3,419	-	-
Average	17 (1.20%)	$3,200	17 (1.20%)	$3,200	-	-

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Southwestern

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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

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