How ARC'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 American River College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 17,359, which is 59.11 % of all undergraduate students. 1,057 students which is 3.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,780.

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
2013-14	19,957 (67%)	$2,428	8,444 (28%)	$3,541	1,663 (6%)	$6,211
2014-15	19,662 (67%)	$2,332	7,975 (27%)	$3,512	1,225 (4%)	$6,261
2015-16	19,139 (65%)	$2,466	8,082 (28%)	$3,553	1,146 (4%)	$6,576
2016-17	17,796 (58%)	$2,378	7,321 (24%)	$3,356	1,100 (4%)	$7,069
2017-18	16,880 (53%)	$2,416	6,844 (21%)	$3,420	957 (3%)	$6,957
2018-19	16,701 (53%)	$2,497	6,766 (22%)	$3,533	961 (3%)	$6,639
2019-20	16,492 (53%)	$2,763	7,082 (23%)	$3,570	975 (3%)	$6,791
2020-21	15,414 (61%)	$3,011	6,320 (25%)	$3,560	766 (3%)	$7,304
2021-22	14,186 (55%)	$3,288	5,885 (23%)	$3,422	719 (3%)	$7,214
Average	17,359 (59.11%)	$2,620	7,191 (24.56%)	$3,496	1,057 (3.67%)	$6,780

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,047 (80.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,745. It can cover 37.05% of tuition & fees ($12,808) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 44 (3.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,854).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,056 (74%)	$4,885	86 (6%)	$5,413
2014-15	1,024 (77%)	$4,770	60 (4%)	$5,153
2015-16	983 (75%)	$5,140	36 (3%)	$5,647
2016-17	921 (73%)	$4,674	43 (3%)	$6,076
2017-18	921 (73%)	$5,253	39 (3%)	$6,095
2018-19	1,271 (87%)	$4,484	53 (4%)	$5,857
2019-20	1,306 (90%)	$4,148	45 (3%)	$5,860
2020-21	1,036 (89%)	$4,440	10 (1%)	$6,131
2021-22	905 (88%)	$4,913	22 (2%)	$6,454
Average	1,047 (80.67%)	$4,745	44 (3.22%)	$5,854

^*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.

Grants/Scholarship

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For the last 10 years, on average, 634 (48.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,598.

In addition, 1,041 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (80.22 % 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
2013-14	783 (55%)	$4,407	286 (20%)	$530	1,052 (74%)	$1,479	-	-
2014-15	730 (55%)	$4,454	123 (9%)	$566	1,011 (76%)	$1,546	1 (0%)	$131
2015-16	723 (55%)	$4,464	119 (9%)	$552	977 (74%)	$1,800	-	-
2016-17	574 (45%)	$4,494	118 (9%)	$601	915 (72%)	$1,785	16 (1%)	$1,275
2017-18	619 (49%)	$4,634	207 (16%)	$535	916 (72%)	$2,008	15 (1%)	$1,284
2018-19	656 (45%)	$4,795	245 (17%)	$550	1,264 (87%)	$1,887	24 (2%)	$1,415
2019-20	705 (49%)	$4,686	222 (15%)	$596	1,304 (90%)	$1,487	37 (3%)	$1,154
2020-21	478 (41%)	$4,680	453 (39%)	$1,058	1,030 (89%)	$1,765	90 (8%)	$731
2021-22	441 (43%)	$4,772	502 (49%)	$1,766	899 (88%)	$1,585	31 (3%)	$975
Average	634 (48.56%)	$4,598	253 (20.33%)	$750	1,041 (80.22%)	$1,705	31 (3.00%)	$995

^*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..

Student Loans

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 10 years, on average, 44 (3.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $44.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2013-14	86 (6%)	$5,413	86 (6%)	$5,413	-	-
2014-15	60 (4%)	$5,153	59 (4%)	$5,155	1 (0%)	$5,000
2015-16	36 (3%)	$5,647	34 (3%)	$5,768	3 (0%)	$2,400
2016-17	43 (3%)	$6,076	41 (3%)	$6,006	2 (0%)	$7,500
2017-18	39 (3%)	$6,095	39 (3%)	$6,095	-	-
2018-19	53 (4%)	$5,857	53 (4%)	$5,857	-	-
2019-20	45 (3%)	$5,860	44 (3%)	$5,709	1 (0%)	$12,500
2020-21	10 (1%)	$6,131	10 (1%)	$6,131	-	-
2021-22	22 (2%)	$6,454	22 (2%)	$6,454	-	-
Average	44 (3.22%)	$5,854	43 (3.22%)	$5,843	2 (0.00%)	$6,850

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at ARC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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