<p>I heard rumor about Villanova's financial aid policy which is decreasing financial aid amount year by year? Is it true that they decrease the amount although the student needs it?</p>
<p>All schools require you to fill out FAFSA each year. So the stories you may have heard were from students whose EFC rose while they were in college.</p>
<p>One trick to find this information is to explore the retention and graduation rate of schools. While people don't return to schools for any number of reasons, its expense is a big factor. Villanova has good retention (94% freshmen returning) and graduation (79% graduating in 4 years) rates.</p>
<p>per the cds, the average grant for villanova freshman receiving aid this year was around $20700. the average for a non-freshman was around $18200.</p>
<p>and while i would say this drop is larger than average, its neither atypical nor enormous.</p>