How CCAC'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 Community College of Allegheny County since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,547, which is 49.44 % of all undergraduate students. 2,980 students which is 18.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,229.

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	9,342 (51%)	$2,919	7,274 (40%)	$3,251	3,990 (22%)	$4,421
2014-15	8,904 (52%)	$2,935	6,930 (40%)	$3,308	3,638 (21%)	$4,306
2015-16	6,533 (40%)	$3,593	5,924 (37%)	$3,333	4,161 (26%)	$5,613
2016-17	6,253 (39%)	$3,637	5,649 (35%)	$3,372	3,258 (20%)	$5,449
2017-18	6,050 (37%)	$3,905	5,464 (34%)	$3,679	3,616 (22%)	$5,812
2018-19	5,816 (36%)	$3,991	5,173 (32%)	$3,729	2,560 (16%)	$5,412
2019-20	5,345 (33%)	$3,992	4,705 (29%)	$3,701	2,321 (14%)	$5,413
2020-21	8,728 (66%)	$2,600	3,583 (27%)	$3,733	1,803 (14%)	$5,465
2021-22	10,951 (91%)	$2,364	3,326 (28%)	$3,748	1,471 (12%)	$5,173
Average	7,547 (49.44%)	$3,326	5,336 (33.56%)	$3,539	2,980 (18.56%)	$5,229

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,099 (60.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,511. It can cover 35.85% of tuition & fees ($12,583) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 422 (22.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,874).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,197 (55%)	$4,379	512 (24%)	$4,146
2014-15	1,175 (56%)	$4,411	479 (23%)	$4,154
2015-16	1,048 (53%)	$4,392	639 (33%)	$4,899
2016-17	986 (49%)	$4,543	392 (20%)	$4,820
2017-18	1,038 (50%)	$5,045	604 (29%)	$5,107
2018-19	1,007 (52%)	$5,256	349 (18%)	$4,986
2019-20	921 (49%)	$5,176	347 (18%)	$4,952
2020-21	1,266 (86%)	$3,492	270 (18%)	$5,353
2021-22	1,255 (97%)	$3,901	206 (16%)	$5,447
Average	1,099 (60.78%)	$4,511	422 (22.11%)	$4,874

^*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, 903 (47.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,547.

In addition, 388 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (20.44 % 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	1,133 (52%)	$4,142	347 (16%)	$210	456 (21%)	$1,015	4 (0%)	$3,314
2014-15	1,128 (54%)	$4,220	151 (7%)	$194	462 (22%)	$836	2 (0%)	$3,919
2015-16	997 (51%)	$4,053	175 (9%)	$436	468 (24%)	$1,033	3 (0%)	$933
2016-17	929 (46%)	$4,225	195 (10%)	$343	388 (19%)	$1,240	2 (0%)	$3,230
2017-18	978 (47%)	$4,750	199 (10%)	$356	398 (19%)	$1,309	-	-
2018-19	955 (49%)	$4,854	224 (11%)	$438	429 (22%)	$1,305	-	-
2019-20	876 (46%)	$4,762	278 (15%)	$391	391 (21%)	$1,246	-	-
2020-21	594 (40%)	$4,907	1,208 (82%)	$895	270 (18%)	$1,574	-	-
2021-22	538 (42%)	$5,013	1,243 (96%)	$1,421	233 (18%)	$1,858	-	-
Average	903 (47.44%)	$4,547	447 (28.44%)	$520	388 (20.44%)	$1,268	3 (0.00%)	$2,849

^*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, 422 (22.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $422.

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	512 (24%)	$4,146	512 (24%)	$4,146	-	-
2014-15	479 (23%)	$4,154	479 (23%)	$4,154	-	-
2015-16	639 (33%)	$4,899	639 (33%)	$4,899	-	-
2016-17	392 (20%)	$4,820	392 (20%)	$4,820	-	-
2017-18	604 (29%)	$5,107	604 (29%)	$5,107	-	-
2018-19	349 (18%)	$4,986	349 (18%)	$4,986	-	-
2019-20	347 (18%)	$4,952	331 (18%)	$4,831	19 (1%)	$6,275
2020-21	270 (18%)	$5,353	257 (17%)	$5,060	22 (1%)	$6,589
2021-22	206 (16%)	$5,447	186 (14%)	$4,917	23 (2%)	$9,022
Average	422 (22.11%)	$4,874	417 (21.78%)	$4,769	21 (1.33%)	$7,295

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at CCAC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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