How Ascent'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 Ascent College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 43, which is 87.67 % of all undergraduate students. 27 students which is 57.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $9,367.

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	49 (91%)	$8,239	34 (63%)	$3,579	37 (69%)	$7,672
2014-15	53 (93%)	$11,204	31 (54%)	$4,079	38 (67%)	$8,991
2015-16	54 (93%)	$3,757	34 (59%)	$3,871	38 (66%)	$9,387
2016-17	52 (95%)	$3,883	28 (51%)	$4,410	35 (64%)	$8,797
2017-18	29 (74%)	$4,120	17 (44%)	$4,526	21 (54%)	$10,554
2018-19	27 (87%)	$4,675	19 (61%)	$4,620	22 (71%)	$9,962
2019-20	22 (73%)	$3,907	15 (50%)	$3,880	19 (63%)	$9,883
2020-21	29 (83%)	$6,484	16 (46%)	$5,002	15 (43%)	$10,142
2021-22	71 (100%)	$5,236	24 (34%)	$4,055	15 (21%)	$8,919
Average	43 (87.67%)	$5,723	24 (51.33%)	$4,225	27 (57.56%)	$9,367

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 3 (97.57 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,845. It can cover 76.10% of tuition & fees ($7,680).

In addition, 3 (80.60 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,149).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	3 (100%)	$5,915	3 (100%)	$6,735
2014-15	5 (83%)	$5,690	4 (67%)	$5,197
2015-16	2 (100%)	$3,278	-	-
2016-17	7 (100%)	$5,587	6 (86%)	$7,450
2017-18	-	-	-	-
2018-19	2 (100%)	$4,516	2 (100%)	$9,403
2019-20	1 (100%)	$11,065	-	-
2020-21	2 (100%)	$4,863	1 (50%)	$11,960
2021-22	-	-	-	-
Average	3 (97.57%)	$5,845	3 (80.60%)	$8,149

^*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, 3 (67.60 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,939.

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	2 (67%)	$4,323	-	-	-	-	2 (67%)	$4,550
2014-15	3 (50%)	$4,276	-	-	-	-	5 (83%)	$3,125
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-	2 (100%)	$3,278
2016-17	5 (71%)	$5,233	-	-	-	-	5 (71%)	$2,588
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	2 (100%)	$4,516	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 (100%)	$11,065
2020-21	1 (50%)	$6,345	-	-	-	-	2 (100%)	$1,690
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	3 (67.60%)	$4,939	-	-	-	-	3 (86.83%)	$4,383

^*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, 3 (80.60 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $3.

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	3 (100%)	$6,735	3 (100%)	$6,735	-	-
2014-15	4 (67%)	$5,197	4 (67%)	$5,197	-	-
2015-16	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	6 (86%)	$7,450	6 (86%)	$7,450	-	-
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	2 (100%)	$9,403	2 (100%)	$9,403	-	-
2019-20	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020-21	1 (50%)	$11,960	1 (50%)	$11,960	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Average	3 (80.60%)	$8,149	3 (80.60%)	$8,149	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Ascent

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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