How BC3'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 Butler County Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,546, which is 46.89 % of all undergraduate students. 679 students which is 20.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,097.

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	1,617 (44%)	$3,837	1,384 (38%)	$3,320	894 (24%)	$3,892
2014-15	1,633 (45%)	$3,934	1,363 (37%)	$3,515	804 (22%)	$3,924
2015-16	1,534 (43%)	$4,014	1,265 (35%)	$3,568	718 (20%)	$3,969
2016-17	1,625 (45%)	$5,010	1,328 (37%)	$4,260	705 (19%)	$4,692
2017-18	1,479 (43%)	$4,551	1,188 (35%)	$3,953	607 (18%)	$4,168
2018-19	1,360 (41%)	$4,306	1,073 (33%)	$3,865	681 (21%)	$3,915
2019-20	1,409 (44%)	$4,455	1,017 (32%)	$3,891	646 (20%)	$3,951
2020-21	1,434 (48%)	$3,377	803 (27%)	$3,833	590 (20%)	$4,136
2021-22	1,822 (69%)	$4,254	759 (29%)	$3,922	469 (18%)	$4,230
Average	1,546 (46.89%)	$4,193	1,131 (33.67%)	$3,792	679 (20.22%)	$4,097

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 396 (66.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,037. It can cover 43.05% of tuition & fees ($11,700) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 172 (28.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,496).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	369 (57%)	$4,524	206 (32%)	$4,508
2014-15	409 (59%)	$4,710	184 (26%)	$4,405
2015-16	367 (56%)	$5,044	177 (27%)	$4,304
2016-17	349 (54%)	$5,178	167 (26%)	$4,606
2017-18	371 (60%)	$5,804	159 (26%)	$4,527
2018-19	408 (60%)	$5,299	203 (30%)	$4,528
2019-20	508 (82%)	$5,323	175 (28%)	$4,534
2020-21	391 (82%)	$3,638	157 (33%)	$4,458
2021-22	394 (88%)	$5,814	119 (27%)	$4,598
Average	396 (66.44%)	$5,037	172 (28.33%)	$4,496

^*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, 264 (42.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,517.

In addition, 258 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (42.44 % 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	285 (44%)	$3,992	64 (10%)	$401	256 (39%)	$1,977	-	-
2014-15	327 (47%)	$4,183	45 (6%)	$388	285 (41%)	$1,640	66 (9%)	$1,117
2015-16	298 (45%)	$4,187	9 (1%)	$378	271 (41%)	$1,986	87 (13%)	$712
2016-17	272 (42%)	$4,306	42 (7%)	$405	243 (38%)	$2,336	41 (6%)	$1,250
2017-18	281 (45%)	$4,795	35 (6%)	$421	289 (47%)	$2,211	166 (27%)	$917
2018-19	298 (44%)	$4,878	57 (8%)	$373	308 (46%)	$2,074	23 (3%)	$2,088
2019-20	274 (44%)	$4,696	443 (71%)	$1,329	272 (44%)	$2,165	116 (19%)	$2,069
2020-21	173 (36%)	$4,770	378 (80%)	$176	207 (44%)	$2,325	31 (7%)	$1,595
2021-22	170 (38%)	$4,842	390 (87%)	$2,430	187 (42%)	$2,416	40 (9%)	$1,702
Average	264 (42.78%)	$4,517	163 (30.67%)	$700	258 (42.44%)	$2,126	71 (11.63%)	$1,431

^*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, 172 (28.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $172.

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	206 (32%)	$4,508	200 (31%)	$4,422	10 (2%)	$4,434
2014-15	184 (26%)	$4,405	176 (25%)	$4,282	11 (2%)	$5,170
2015-16	177 (27%)	$4,304	165 (25%)	$4,152	13 (2%)	$5,897
2016-17	167 (26%)	$4,606	154 (24%)	$4,419	16 (2%)	$5,542
2017-18	159 (26%)	$4,527	144 (23%)	$4,289	18 (3%)	$5,679
2018-19	203 (30%)	$4,528	199 (29%)	$4,317	11 (2%)	$5,468
2019-20	175 (28%)	$4,534	171 (28%)	$4,319	10 (2%)	$5,498
2020-21	157 (33%)	$4,458	152 (32%)	$4,270	12 (3%)	$4,249
2021-22	119 (27%)	$4,598	114 (25%)	$4,354	7 (2%)	$7,271
Average	172 (28.33%)	$4,496	164 (26.89%)	$4,314	12 (2.22%)	$5,468

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at BC3

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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