Western Wyoming Community College Financial Aid and Scholarships
Students Receiving Aid
43%
Total Aid Amount
$5.805M
Financial Aid Official Website
www.westernwyoming.edu/services/financial_aid/
Such schemes include Active Member Scholarship, Western Undergraduate Exchange, and Wyoming Resident Law Enforcement Scholarship. As many as 96% of the students at WWCC get some sort of financial aid, and the total amount of assistance/loans provided is more than $1,665,133 in a year. Notably, a total of 33% of the applicants to Western Wyoming Community College receive the Federal Grant every year. Meanwhile, 85% of the applicants receive the Student Grant and 53% are awarded the Institution Grant, while 33% of the students get the Pell Grant. Furthermore, the average aid for the Federal Grant receivers is $4,351, and the same stands at $1,972 for State Grant awardees and $2,233 for Institution Grant recipients. On the other hand, the average aid received by the Pell Grant awardees is $3,959. The annual family income of the applicants is also considered for determining the total financial assistance that they will be eligible for. Alternatively, the candidates can also avail of monetary benefits like student loans, apart from financial grants and scholarship schemes to pay for their studies. In contrast to grants and scholarships, student loans are taken by the candidates at a certain rate of interest. Moreover, the funds received through these loans will have to be repaid within a given timeframe. Every year, around 29% of the applicants to Western Wyoming Community College opt for student loans.