How DCTC'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 Dakota County Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,459, which is 56.11 % of all undergraduate students. 946 students which is 35.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,352.

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	1,644 (53%)	$3,517	1,143 (37%)	$3,238	1,437 (46%)	$6,639
2014-15	1,541 (53%)	$3,497	1,010 (35%)	$3,337	1,224 (42%)	$7,066
2015-16	1,367 (49%)	$3,550	879 (32%)	$3,346	1,109 (40%)	$7,004
2016-17	1,210 (47%)	$3,931	746 (29%)	$3,545	931 (36%)	$6,864
2017-18	1,229 (50%)	$4,028	770 (31%)	$3,643	880 (36%)	$6,019
2018-19	1,258 (50%)	$3,992	756 (30%)	$3,626	795 (32%)	$5,726
2019-20	1,825 (75%)	$3,071	743 (31%)	$3,616	789 (32%)	$5,772
2020-21	1,384 (60%)	$4,291	676 (29%)	$3,602	742 (32%)	$5,951
2021-22	1,671 (68%)	$4,141	720 (29%)	$3,548	611 (25%)	$6,123
Average	1,459 (56.11%)	$3,780	827 (31.44%)	$3,500	946 (35.67%)	$6,352

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 214 (59.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,227. It can cover 65.85% of tuition & fees ($6,419) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 149 (41.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,974).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	175 (54%)	$3,959	184 (57%)	$5,652
2014-15	191 (55%)	$4,093	185 (53%)	$6,450
2015-16	182 (53%)	$4,083	155 (45%)	$6,365
2016-17	180 (54%)	$4,484	150 (45%)	$6,907
2017-18	200 (52%)	$4,517	140 (36%)	$5,522
2018-19	199 (53%)	$4,619	155 (41%)	$5,320
2019-20	356 (89%)	$3,000	155 (39%)	$5,842
2020-21	216 (61%)	$4,483	119 (33%)	$5,890
2021-22	224 (62%)	$4,802	98 (27%)	$5,818
Average	214 (59.22%)	$4,227	149 (41.78%)	$5,974

^*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, 124 (34.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,034.

In addition, 144 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (40.00 % 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	126 (39%)	$3,631	6 (2%)	$967	135 (42%)	$1,397	31 (10%)	$1,318
2014-15	131 (38%)	$4,008	6 (2%)	$1,242	133 (38%)	$1,387	68 (19%)	$951
2015-16	126 (37%)	$3,810	6 (2%)	$1,333	128 (37%)	$1,588	63 (18%)	$821
2016-17	108 (33%)	$4,039	3 (1%)	$1,333	132 (40%)	$2,162	63 (19%)	$1,293
2017-18	145 (37%)	$4,158	4 (1%)	$2,273	151 (39%)	$1,585	59 (15%)	$880
2018-19	123 (33%)	$4,319	6 (2%)	$1,678	160 (43%)	$1,970	58 (15%)	$1,079
2019-20	145 (36%)	$3,912	304 (76%)	$358	177 (44%)	$1,791	76 (19%)	$985
2020-21	104 (29%)	$4,134	146 (41%)	$1,515	132 (37%)	$1,824	74 (21%)	$1,033
2021-22	108 (30%)	$4,294	155 (43%)	$1,391	144 (40%)	$2,240	84 (23%)	$876
Average	124 (34.67%)	$4,034	71 (18.89%)	$1,343	144 (40.00%)	$1,772	64 (17.67%)	$1,026

^*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, 149 (41.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $149.

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	184 (57%)	$5,652	180 (55%)	$5,377	11 (3%)	$6,556
2014-15	185 (53%)	$6,450	185 (53%)	$5,953	15 (4%)	$6,129
2015-16	155 (45%)	$6,365	152 (44%)	$6,026	13 (4%)	$5,433
2016-17	150 (45%)	$6,907	148 (45%)	$6,579	10 (3%)	$6,230
2017-18	140 (36%)	$5,522	137 (35%)	$5,129	13 (3%)	$5,413
2018-19	155 (41%)	$5,320	151 (40%)	$4,821	15 (4%)	$6,444
2019-20	155 (39%)	$5,842	151 (38%)	$4,985	18 (5%)	$8,485
2020-21	119 (33%)	$5,890	114 (32%)	$5,248	16 (4%)	$6,415
2021-22	98 (27%)	$5,818	97 (27%)	$5,487	6 (2%)	$6,318
Average	149 (41.78%)	$5,974	146 (41.00%)	$5,512	13 (3.56%)	$6,380

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at DCTC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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