How Automeca Technical College-Ponce'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 Automeca Technical College-Ponce since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 226, which is 97.89 % of all undergraduate students. 77 students which is 33.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $2,400.

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	216 (100%)	$5,269	213 (98%)	$4,937	74 (34%)	$1,374
2014-15	285 (99%)	$5,955	285 (99%)	$5,658	111 (38%)	$2,459
2015-16	195 (93%)	$5,066	193 (92%)	$4,847	101 (48%)	$2,315
2016-17	240 (98%)	$5,139	240 (98%)	$4,925	136 (56%)	$2,495
2017-18	222 (97%)	$6,473	222 (97%)	$6,097	110 (48%)	$2,147
2018-19	230 (98%)	$7,195	230 (98%)	$6,819	51 (22%)	$2,068
2019-20	271 (97%)	$6,027	269 (96%)	$5,490	61 (22%)	$2,750
2020-21	147 (99%)	$8,930	144 (97%)	$6,853	30 (20%)	$2,958
2021-22	224 (100%)	$8,117	219 (98%)	$6,416	23 (10%)	$3,038
Average	226 (97.89%)	$6,463	224 (97.00%)	$5,782	77 (33.11%)	$2,400

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 131 (98.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,123. It can cover 80.08% of tuition & fees ($8,895).

In addition, 42 (30.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $2,549).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	125 (99%)	$6,037	57 (45%)	$1,622
2014-15	180 (98%)	$6,059	84 (46%)	$2,610
2015-16	129 (100%)	$5,461	66 (51%)	$2,167
2016-17	131 (96%)	$5,451	65 (48%)	$2,466
2017-18	127 (96%)	$7,438	48 (36%)	$2,447
2018-19	135 (97%)	$8,359	21 (15%)	$2,413
2019-20	145 (99%)	$6,196	22 (15%)	$2,265
2020-21	85 (99%)	$9,418	12 (14%)	$3,811
2021-22	120 (100%)	$9,690	7 (6%)	$3,139
Average	131 (98.22%)	$7,123	42 (30.67%)	$2,549

^*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, 130 (97.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $6,443.

In addition, 40 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (29.89 % 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	125 (99%)	$5,588	-	-	83 (66%)	$592	7 (6%)	$1,000
2014-15	180 (98%)	$5,643	-	-	98 (54%)	$765	-	-
2015-16	127 (98%)	$5,168	86 (67%)	$445	28 (22%)	$248	6 (5%)	$500
2016-17	131 (96%)	$5,228	86 (63%)	$190	23 (17%)	$561	-	-
2017-18	127 (96%)	$7,006	96 (73%)	$543	5 (4%)	$540	-	-
2018-19	135 (97%)	$7,763	122 (88%)	$427	42 (30%)	$637	3 (2%)	$500
2019-20	143 (97%)	$5,932	95 (65%)	$364	21 (14%)	$486	9 (6%)	$596
2020-21	83 (97%)	$7,771	85 (99%)	$1,657	26 (30%)	$565	-	-
2021-22	116 (97%)	$7,887	120 (100%)	$1,545	38 (32%)	$1,643	-	-
Average	130 (97.22%)	$6,443	99 (79.29%)	$739	40 (29.89%)	$671	6 (4.75%)	$649

^*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, 42 (30.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $42.

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	57 (45%)	$1,622	57 (45%)	$1,622	-	-
2014-15	84 (46%)	$2,610	84 (46%)	$2,610	-	-
2015-16	66 (51%)	$2,167	66 (51%)	$2,167	-	-
2016-17	65 (48%)	$2,466	65 (48%)	$2,466	-	-
2017-18	48 (36%)	$2,447	48 (36%)	$2,447	-	-
2018-19	21 (15%)	$2,413	21 (15%)	$2,413	-	-
2019-20	22 (15%)	$2,265	22 (15%)	$2,265	-	-
2020-21	12 (14%)	$3,811	12 (14%)	$3,811	-	-
2021-22	7 (6%)	$3,139	7 (6%)	$3,139	-	-
Average	42 (30.67%)	$2,549	42 (30.67%)	$2,549	-	-