How MEC'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 CUNY Medgar Evers College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,310, which is 71.44 % of all undergraduate students. 1,133 students which is 18.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,180.

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	4,289 (66%)	$6,276	4,012 (62%)	$4,221	1,391 (21%)	$4,565
2014-15	4,418 (66%)	$6,138	4,148 (62%)	$4,146	1,382 (21%)	$4,880
2015-16	4,364 (65%)	$7,083	4,042 (60%)	$4,272	1,426 (21%)	$5,033
2016-17	4,452 (65%)	$7,159	4,115 (60%)	$4,390	1,398 (21%)	$4,996
2017-18	4,714 (71%)	$7,596	4,215 (63%)	$4,662	1,268 (19%)	$5,179
2018-19	4,508 (68%)	$7,599	3,944 (59%)	$4,844	1,200 (18%)	$5,316
2019-20	4,314 (74%)	$7,864	3,538 (61%)	$4,843	1,063 (18%)	$5,441
2020-21	3,675 (70%)	$7,510	2,750 (53%)	$4,843	620 (12%)	$5,783
2021-22	4,059 (98%)	$7,435	2,385 (58%)	$4,618	453 (11%)	$5,428
Average	4,310 (71.44%)	$7,184	3,683 (59.78%)	$4,538	1,133 (18.00%)	$5,180

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 836 (87.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $8,125. It can cover 53.10% of tuition & fees ($15,302) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 69 (6.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,973).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	858 (86%)	$7,461	95 (10%)	$3,822
2014-15	864 (88%)	$7,315	88 (9%)	$3,472
2015-16	863 (85%)	$8,224	96 (9%)	$3,564
2016-17	947 (86%)	$8,260	95 (9%)	$3,632
2017-18	1,022 (89%)	$8,453	74 (6%)	$3,314
2018-19	1,000 (87%)	$8,101	87 (8%)	$3,429
2019-20	768 (90%)	$8,993	57 (7%)	$3,805
2020-21	609 (75%)	$7,850	18 (2%)	$4,389
2021-22	597 (97%)	$8,467	14 (2%)	$6,332
Average	836 (87.00%)	$8,125	69 (6.89%)	$3,973

^*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, 743 (76.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,645.

In addition, 701 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (71.22 % 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	807 (81%)	$4,583	122 (12%)	$329	775 (78%)	$3,436	-	-
2014-15	796 (81%)	$4,535	58 (6%)	$374	770 (78%)	$3,491	-	-
2015-16	770 (76%)	$4,620	45 (4%)	$566	788 (78%)	$4,459	1 (0%)	$500
2016-17	843 (77%)	$4,690	47 (4%)	$406	849 (77%)	$4,534	-	-
2017-18	937 (82%)	$4,732	245 (21%)	$838	898 (78%)	$4,454	1 (0%)	$100
2018-19	890 (78%)	$4,829	129 (11%)	$265	809 (70%)	$4,544	291 (25%)	$319
2019-20	688 (80%)	$4,865	614 (72%)	$962	646 (75%)	$4,231	137 (16%)	$1,722
2020-21	500 (61%)	$4,555	442 (54%)	$1,206	452 (55%)	$3,141	383 (47%)	$1,438
2021-22	453 (74%)	$4,396	580 (95%)	$3,068	319 (52%)	$3,209	287 (47%)	$906
Average	743 (76.67%)	$4,645	254 (31.00%)	$890	701 (71.22%)	$3,944	183 (33.75%)	$831

^*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, 69 (6.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $69.

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	95 (10%)	$3,822	95 (10%)	$3,822	-	-
2014-15	88 (9%)	$3,472	88 (9%)	$3,472	-	-
2015-16	96 (9%)	$3,564	96 (9%)	$3,564	-	-
2016-17	95 (9%)	$3,632	94 (9%)	$3,635	1 (0%)	$3,342
2017-18	74 (6%)	$3,314	74 (6%)	$3,314	-	-
2018-19	87 (8%)	$3,429	87 (8%)	$3,429	-	-
2019-20	57 (7%)	$3,805	57 (7%)	$3,710	1 (0%)	$5,382
2020-21	18 (2%)	$4,389	16 (2%)	$4,469	2 (0%)	$3,750
2021-22	14 (2%)	$6,332	13 (2%)	$3,898	3 (0%)	$12,658
Average	69 (6.89%)	$3,973	69 (6.89%)	$3,701	2 (0.00%)	$6,283

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at MEC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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