How ECC'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 Elgin Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,455, which is 35.67 % of all undergraduate students. 642 students which is 6.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,949.

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	5,238 (46%)	$3,547	3,955 (35%)	$2,878	1,232 (11%)	$3,617
2014-15	3,422 (31%)	$3,454	2,886 (26%)	$3,251	842 (8%)	$3,791
2015-16	3,620 (35%)	$3,207	2,709 (26%)	$3,195	754 (7%)	$3,632
2016-17	2,949 (30%)	$3,567	2,428 (24%)	$3,220	671 (7%)	$3,802
2017-18	3,321 (35%)	$3,629	2,493 (26%)	$3,450	590 (6%)	$4,177
2018-19	2,904 (30%)	$4,307	2,442 (26%)	$3,828	556 (6%)	$4,622
2019-20	2,972 (30%)	$4,131	2,528 (25%)	$3,542	543 (5%)	$3,983
2020-21	2,574 (33%)	$4,455	2,001 (25%)	$3,621	252 (3%)	$3,955
2021-22	4,097 (51%)	$4,355	1,957 (24%)	$3,506	341 (4%)	$3,963
Average	3,455 (35.67%)	$3,850	2,600 (26.33%)	$3,388	642 (6.33%)	$3,949

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 430 (48.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,259. It can cover 44.75% of tuition & fees ($9,516) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 63 (7.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,771).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	547 (56%)	$3,428	101 (10%)	$3,658
2014-15	443 (50%)	$3,617	79 (9%)	$3,685
2015-16	400 (44%)	$4,131	86 (10%)	$3,654
2016-17	388 (42%)	$3,968	65 (7%)	$3,674
2017-18	375 (43%)	$4,170	63 (7%)	$3,765
2018-19	372 (43%)	$4,304	51 (6%)	$3,842
2019-20	444 (45%)	$5,210	60 (6%)	$3,510
2020-21	380 (52%)	$4,351	29 (4%)	$4,056
2021-22	525 (65%)	$5,148	31 (4%)	$4,099
Average	430 (48.89%)	$4,259	63 (7.00%)	$3,771

^*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, 291 (32.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,206.

In addition, 183 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (20.78 % 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	351 (36%)	$3,984	94 (10%)	$423	157 (16%)	$1,554	138 (14%)	$1,396
2014-15	299 (34%)	$4,030	117 (13%)	$529	151 (17%)	$1,203	118 (13%)	$1,302
2015-16	306 (34%)	$4,021	43 (5%)	$857	151 (17%)	$1,357	122 (14%)	$1,477
2016-17	285 (31%)	$4,037	39 (4%)	$897	172 (18%)	$1,245	107 (11%)	$1,308
2017-18	285 (32%)	$4,226	36 (4%)	$910	145 (16%)	$1,281	108 (12%)	$1,304
2018-19	266 (31%)	$4,332	41 (5%)	$1,064	211 (25%)	$1,310	92 (11%)	$1,402
2019-20	357 (36%)	$4,417	246 (25%)	$1,159	257 (26%)	$1,202	104 (10%)	$1,371
2020-21	215 (29%)	$4,490	268 (37%)	$1,290	192 (26%)	$1,237	109 (15%)	$962
2021-22	257 (32%)	$4,316	406 (50%)	$2,683	211 (26%)	$1,242	128 (16%)	$1,890
Average	291 (32.78%)	$4,206	143 (17.00%)	$1,090	183 (20.78%)	$1,292	114 (12.89%)	$1,379

^*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, 63 (7.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $63.

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	101 (10%)	$3,658	101 (10%)	$3,658	-	-
2014-15	79 (9%)	$3,685	79 (9%)	$3,685	-	-
2015-16	86 (10%)	$3,654	86 (10%)	$3,550	1 (0%)	$9,000
2016-17	65 (7%)	$3,674	64 (7%)	$3,705	1 (0%)	$1,716
2017-18	63 (7%)	$3,765	63 (7%)	$3,765	-	-
2018-19	51 (6%)	$3,842	50 (6%)	$3,874	1 (0%)	$2,247
2019-20	60 (6%)	$3,510	60 (6%)	$3,510	-	-
2020-21	29 (4%)	$4,056	27 (4%)	$3,803	3 (0%)	$4,980
2021-22	31 (4%)	$4,099	30 (4%)	$4,182	1 (0%)	$1,600
Average	63 (7.00%)	$3,771	62 (7.00%)	$3,748	1 (0.00%)	$3,909

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at ECC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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