How DMACC'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 Des Moines Area Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,956, which is 27.56 % of all undergraduate students. 5,022 students which is 23.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,989.

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	9,213 (46%)	$3,191	8,400 (42%)	$3,105	9,111 (45%)	$4,906
2014-15	6,748 (29%)	$3,619	5,942 (25%)	$3,459	6,679 (28%)	$5,097
2015-16	5,984 (27%)	$3,602	5,081 (23%)	$3,445	5,793 (26%)	$4,922
2016-17	5,170 (23%)	$3,820	4,592 (20%)	$3,421	5,006 (22%)	$4,937
2017-18	5,413 (24%)	$3,770	4,458 (19%)	$3,729	4,544 (20%)	$4,688
2018-19	5,223 (22%)	$3,794	4,255 (18%)	$3,751	4,257 (18%)	$5,176
2019-20	5,596 (24%)	$3,864	4,118 (18%)	$3,634	3,855 (17%)	$5,035
2020-21	5,182 (28%)	$4,013	3,597 (20%)	$3,589	3,159 (17%)	$5,078
2021-22	5,073 (25%)	$4,182	3,481 (17%)	$3,748	2,797 (14%)	$5,060
Average	5,956 (27.56%)	$3,762	4,880 (22.44%)	$3,542	5,022 (23.00%)	$4,989

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,047 (54.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,351. It can cover 39.20% of tuition & fees ($11,100) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 824 (42.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,675).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,241 (55%)	$4,050	1,209 (54%)	$4,521
2014-15	1,221 (56%)	$4,378	1,189 (54%)	$4,995
2015-16	967 (51%)	$3,998	954 (50%)	$4,665
2016-17	1,048 (56%)	$3,909	846 (45%)	$4,522
2017-18	1,006 (53%)	$4,337	839 (44%)	$4,301
2018-19	930 (53%)	$4,342	697 (40%)	$4,890
2019-20	1,066 (58%)	$4,410	652 (35%)	$4,627
2020-21	1,030 (58%)	$4,623	537 (30%)	$4,717
2021-22	917 (54%)	$5,109	490 (29%)	$4,839
Average	1,047 (54.89%)	$4,351	824 (42.33%)	$4,675

^*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, 798 (41.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,246.

In addition, 305 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (16.11 % 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	1,087 (48%)	$3,939	125 (6%)	$453	202 (9%)	$2,139	249 (11%)	$1,027
2014-15	1,001 (46%)	$4,133	55 (3%)	$435	406 (18%)	$2,232	122 (6%)	$2,282
2015-16	798 (42%)	$3,968	103 (5%)	$391	213 (11%)	$1,829	294 (15%)	$918
2016-17	819 (44%)	$3,901	168 (9%)	$335	241 (13%)	$1,844	389 (21%)	$1,031
2017-18	792 (42%)	$4,419	100 (5%)	$393	250 (13%)	$1,742	294 (16%)	$1,322
2018-19	689 (39%)	$4,518	187 (11%)	$253	240 (14%)	$1,643	375 (21%)	$1,289
2019-20	740 (40%)	$4,323	205 (11%)	$285	322 (17%)	$2,662	383 (21%)	$1,531
2020-21	647 (36%)	$4,285	235 (13%)	$416	513 (29%)	$2,554	283 (16%)	$2,054
2021-22	612 (36%)	$4,725	267 (16%)	$378	354 (21%)	$3,537	248 (15%)	$1,775
Average	798 (41.44%)	$4,246	161 (8.78%)	$371	305 (16.11%)	$2,242	293 (15.78%)	$1,470

^*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, 824 (42.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $824.

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	1,209 (54%)	$4,521	1,202 (53%)	$4,324	36 (2%)	$7,479
2014-15	1,189 (54%)	$4,995	1,186 (54%)	$4,759	43 (2%)	$6,848
2015-16	954 (50%)	$4,665	947 (50%)	$4,396	44 (2%)	$6,527
2016-17	846 (45%)	$4,522	839 (45%)	$4,323	32 (2%)	$6,221
2017-18	839 (44%)	$4,301	834 (44%)	$4,094	30 (2%)	$6,478
2018-19	697 (40%)	$4,890	691 (40%)	$4,549	34 (2%)	$7,795
2019-20	652 (35%)	$4,627	649 (35%)	$4,437	21 (1%)	$6,525
2020-21	537 (30%)	$4,717	529 (30%)	$4,431	32 (2%)	$5,893
2021-22	490 (29%)	$4,839	486 (29%)	$4,602	20 (1%)	$6,733
Average	824 (42.33%)	$4,675	818 (42.22%)	$4,435	32 (1.78%)	$6,722

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at DMACC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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