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 Weber State University since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 10,647, which is 40.18 % of all undergraduate students. 5,271 students which is 20.18% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,657.

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	9,735 (40%)	$3,984	7,202 (29%)	$3,602	6,598 (27%)	$6,661
2012-13	10,514 (41%)	$4,150	7,864 (30%)	$3,657	7,066 (27%)	$6,926
2013-14	9,684 (40%)	$4,551	7,038 (29%)	$4,113	6,275 (26%)	$6,537
2014-15	10,040 (40%)	$4,205	7,097 (28%)	$3,660	6,326 (25%)	$6,664
2015-16	9,477 (37%)	$4,397	6,421 (25%)	$3,698	5,622 (22%)	$6,849
2016-17	9,538 (37%)	$4,453	6,111 (23%)	$3,667	5,388 (21%)	$6,852
2017-18	9,644 (36%)	$4,829	6,374 (24%)	$4,222	5,078 (19%)	$6,994
2018-19	10,053 (37%)	$4,809	6,294 (23%)	$4,360	4,904 (18%)	$6,669
2019-20	10,068 (35%)	$5,046	5,894 (20%)	$4,355	4,072 (14%)	$6,415
2020-21	9,928 (35%)	$5,177	5,448 (19%)	$4,499	3,688 (13%)	$6,094
2021-22	18,434 (64%)	$3,970	5,070 (18%)	$4,518	2,961 (10%)	$6,566
Average	10,647 (40.18%)	$4,506	6,438 (24.36%)	$4,032	5,271 (20.18%)	$6,657

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,774 (79.18 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,756. It can cover 27.84% of tuition & fees ($17,084) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 565 (25.91 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,094).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,318 (71%)	$4,156	568 (31%)	$5,165
2012-13	1,434 (74%)	$4,318	629 (32%)	$5,197
2013-14	1,370 (75%)	$4,308	595 (32%)	$4,742
2014-15	1,648 (76%)	$4,473	682 (31%)	$5,055
2015-16	1,602 (75%)	$4,626	573 (27%)	$4,994
2016-17	1,662 (76%)	$4,579	565 (26%)	$4,862
2017-18	1,817 (78%)	$5,052	575 (25%)	$4,986
2018-19	2,093 (83%)	$5,079	625 (25%)	$4,836
2019-20	2,145 (83%)	$4,974	559 (22%)	$5,363
2020-21	2,125 (80%)	$4,916	505 (19%)	$5,138
2021-22	2,304 (100%)	$5,831	344 (15%)	$5,693
Average	1,774 (79.18%)	$4,756	565 (25.91%)	$5,094

^*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, 790 (36.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,242.

In addition, 114 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (5.20 % 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	696 (38%)	$3,946	90 (5%)	$493	9 (0%)	$1,836	865 (47%)	$3,086
2012-13	749 (39%)	$3,811	42 (2%)	$500	43 (2%)	$1,576	947 (49%)	$3,431
2013-14	759 (41%)	$3,846	46 (3%)	$539	38 (2%)	$530	925 (50%)	$3,176
2014-15	881 (41%)	$4,058	56 (3%)	$693	89 (4%)	$1,011	1,302 (60%)	$2,817
2015-16	779 (37%)	$3,985	97 (5%)	$730	32 (2%)	$1,484	1,241 (58%)	$3,375
2016-17	776 (36%)	$3,904	80 (4%)	$856	63 (3%)	$1,010	1,283 (59%)	$3,467
2017-18	857 (37%)	$4,442	171 (7%)	$855	57 (2%)	$933	1,457 (63%)	$3,550
2018-19	879 (35%)	$4,674	107 (4%)	$975	86 (3%)	$762	1,802 (72%)	$3,525
2019-20	847 (33%)	$4,528	127 (5%)	$863	323 (13%)	$2,180	1,875 (73%)	$3,211
2020-21	797 (30%)	$4,640	182 (7%)	$859	310 (12%)	$1,868	1,875 (70%)	$3,207
2021-22	669 (29%)	$4,828	2,304 (100%)	$1,479	209 (9%)	$1,860	1,594 (69%)	$4,021
Average	790 (36.00%)	$4,242	300 (13.18%)	$804	114 (5.20%)	$1,368	1,379 (60.91%)	$3,351

^*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, 565 (25.91 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $565.

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	568 (31%)	$5,165	561 (30%)	$4,968	18 (1%)	$8,133
2012-13	629 (32%)	$5,197	621 (32%)	$4,931	28 (1%)	$7,400
2013-14	595 (32%)	$4,742	586 (32%)	$4,585	17 (1%)	$7,929
2014-15	682 (31%)	$5,055	671 (31%)	$4,791	28 (1%)	$8,311
2015-16	573 (27%)	$4,994	559 (26%)	$4,648	27 (1%)	$9,750
2016-17	565 (26%)	$4,862	556 (25%)	$4,602	25 (1%)	$7,544
2017-18	575 (25%)	$4,986	567 (24%)	$4,721	29 (1%)	$6,567
2018-19	625 (25%)	$4,836	611 (24%)	$4,548	32 (1%)	$7,619
2019-20	559 (22%)	$5,363	537 (21%)	$4,803	49 (2%)	$8,553
2020-21	505 (19%)	$5,138	500 (19%)	$4,561	28 (1%)	$11,224
2021-22	344 (15%)	$5,693	335 (15%)	$4,947	26 (1%)	$11,585
Average	565 (25.91%)	$5,094	555 (25.36%)	$4,737	28 (1.09%)	$8,601

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