How COTC'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 Central Ohio Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,621, which is 48.22 % of all undergraduate students. 1,220 students which is 35.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,186.

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	2,309 (63%)	$3,734	2,136 (59%)	$3,600	2,427 (67%)	$7,370
2014-15	2,045 (57%)	$3,836	1,821 (51%)	$3,668	1,842 (52%)	$5,081
2015-16	1,735 (49%)	$3,771	1,519 (43%)	$3,540	1,501 (42%)	$5,012
2016-17	1,435 (43%)	$3,689	1,186 (36%)	$3,445	1,227 (37%)	$4,721
2017-18	1,381 (40%)	$3,842	1,138 (33%)	$3,522	1,046 (30%)	$4,850
2018-19	1,355 (39%)	$4,109	1,059 (31%)	$3,743	905 (26%)	$4,750
2019-20	1,393 (40%)	$4,583	1,028 (30%)	$3,688	838 (24%)	$5,107
2020-21	1,641 (54%)	$3,733	922 (30%)	$3,651	678 (22%)	$4,739
2021-22	1,292 (49%)	$5,321	754 (29%)	$3,689	514 (20%)	$5,042
Average	1,621 (48.22%)	$4,069	1,285 (38.00%)	$3,616	1,220 (35.56%)	$5,186

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 148 (74.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,375. It can cover 55.41% of tuition & fees ($7,896) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 101 (47.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,645).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	197 (79%)	$4,069	193 (77%)	$6,170
2014-15	191 (74%)	$4,027	154 (59%)	$4,095
2015-16	159 (72%)	$4,019	124 (56%)	$4,373
2016-17	145 (68%)	$4,051	112 (53%)	$4,697
2017-18	131 (68%)	$4,307	93 (48%)	$4,486
2018-19	125 (63%)	$4,326	82 (41%)	$4,163
2019-20	145 (76%)	$4,621	73 (38%)	$4,748
2020-21	121 (87%)	$4,184	46 (33%)	$4,343
2021-22	120 (85%)	$5,775	36 (26%)	$4,729
Average	148 (74.67%)	$4,375	101 (47.89%)	$4,645

^*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, 125 (60.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,102.

In addition, 4 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (2.43 % 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	192 (77%)	$4,069	9 (4%)	$431	-	-	11 (4%)	$1,496
2014-15	180 (69%)	$4,031	4 (2%)	$263	1 (0%)	$1,874	22 (8%)	$1,850
2015-16	148 (67%)	$3,941	12 (5%)	$261	10 (5%)	$879	26 (12%)	$1,685
2016-17	124 (58%)	$3,940	6 (3%)	$400	7 (3%)	$1,017	45 (21%)	$1,984
2017-18	114 (59%)	$4,153	33 (17%)	$178	4 (2%)	$1,011	44 (23%)	$1,837
2018-19	113 (57%)	$4,074	14 (7%)	$246	2 (1%)	$1,882	43 (22%)	$1,700
2019-20	112 (59%)	$4,275	45 (24%)	$1,277	1 (1%)	$400	63 (33%)	$2,116
2020-21	66 (47%)	$4,227	104 (75%)	$869	4 (3%)	$4,207	38 (27%)	$3,159
2021-22	76 (54%)	$4,209	92 (65%)	$2,123	3 (2%)	$2,019	50 (35%)	$3,436
Average	125 (60.78%)	$4,102	35 (22.44%)	$672	4 (2.43%)	$1,661	38 (20.56%)	$2,140

^*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, 101 (47.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $101.

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	193 (77%)	$6,170	193 (77%)	$6,170	-	-
2014-15	154 (59%)	$4,095	154 (59%)	$4,095	-	-
2015-16	124 (56%)	$4,373	124 (56%)	$4,361	1 (0%)	$1,500
2016-17	112 (53%)	$4,697	112 (53%)	$4,638	1 (0%)	$6,500
2017-18	93 (48%)	$4,486	92 (47%)	$4,241	3 (2%)	$9,000
2018-19	82 (41%)	$4,163	81 (41%)	$4,190	1 (1%)	$1,961
2019-20	73 (38%)	$4,748	73 (38%)	$4,698	1 (1%)	$3,700
2020-21	46 (33%)	$4,343	46 (33%)	$4,343	-	-
2021-22	36 (26%)	$4,729	36 (26%)	$4,729	-	-
Average	101 (47.89%)	$4,645	101 (47.78%)	$4,607	1 (1.33%)	$4,532

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at COTC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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