How to secure financial aid

Your PennWest education is a crucial investment in your future. Finding ways to secure financial aid can combine many different resources. Filling out the FAFSA every year, knowing your costs, applying for scholarships, grants, and awards, updating your financial status, and assessing your need for student loans are all important in affording college.

There are many sources of financial aid—University or private scholarships and need-based awards, federal and state aid and loans, or personal loans from external organizations or lending agencies such as banks and credit unions.

To be eligible for a PennWest financial aid package, U.S. students must complete a FAFSA form every year—even if they received financial aid in a previous year.

 

Investing in Our Students' Success

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88% Pell Eligible 

Most of our undergraduates qualify for Pell Grants

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86.5% Receive Aid

Most undergraduates receive some form of aid or scholarships

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$19 Million Awarded

In grants and scholarships directly to our students

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7-Year Tuition Freeze

Our tuition has been frozen for seven consecutive years

 

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