How Essex'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 Essex County College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 5,734, which is 65.67 % of all undergraduate students.

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	7,602 (62%)	$4,916	7,209 (59%)	$3,973	-	-
2014-15	6,901 (60%)	$4,908	6,519 (57%)	$3,989	-	-
2015-16	6,520 (60%)	$4,872	6,181 (56%)	$3,989	-	-
2016-17	5,611 (58%)	$4,915	5,387 (56%)	$3,925	-	-
2017-18	5,108 (57%)	$5,169	4,912 (55%)	$4,090	-	-
2018-19	4,298 (57%)	$5,238	4,092 (54%)	$4,189	-	-
2019-20	5,135 (69%)	$4,724	3,969 (53%)	$4,186	-	-
2020-21	4,749 (75%)	$5,208	3,150 (50%)	$4,075	-	-
2021-22	5,683 (93%)	$5,426	3,161 (52%)	$4,188	-	-
Average	5,734 (65.67%)	$5,042	4,953 (54.67%)	$4,067	-	-

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,097 (81.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,046. It can cover 64.89% of tuition & fees ($9,318) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 8 (1.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,068).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,650 (78%)	$5,825	17 (1%)	$6,821
2014-15	1,440 (78%)	$5,939	8 (0%)	$8,061
2015-16	1,394 (79%)	$5,716	13 (1%)	$6,024
2016-17	1,120 (77%)	$5,666	9 (1%)	$5,468
2017-18	942 (75%)	$5,807	14 (1%)	$4,942
2018-19	843 (75%)	$6,075	5 (0%)	$5,920
2019-20	1,044 (84%)	$6,140	6 (0%)	$6,993
2020-21	611 (90%)	$6,493	2 (0%)	$8,500
2021-22	826 (99%)	$6,756	2 (0%)	$1,879
Average	1,097 (81.67%)	$6,046	8 (1.00%)	$6,068

^*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, 1,008 (72.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,803.

In addition, 549 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (40.56 % 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	1,615 (77%)	$4,615	77 (4%)	$793	878 (42%)	$2,135	80 (4%)	$2,777
2014-15	1,395 (76%)	$4,685	185 (10%)	$189	772 (42%)	$2,300	71 (4%)	$2,906
2015-16	1,350 (76%)	$4,568	138 (8%)	$198	689 (39%)	$2,299	85 (5%)	$2,231
2016-17	1,078 (74%)	$4,562	145 (10%)	$186	517 (35%)	$2,277	63 (4%)	$3,565
2017-18	902 (72%)	$4,845	133 (11%)	$180	392 (31%)	$2,319	45 (4%)	$3,721
2018-19	798 (71%)	$4,940	170 (15%)	$180	427 (38%)	$2,392	34 (3%)	$3,738
2019-20	914 (73%)	$4,975	847 (68%)	$310	580 (46%)	$2,524	40 (3%)	$3,404
2020-21	460 (68%)	$4,942	611 (90%)	$1,276	324 (48%)	$2,553	23 (3%)	$3,815
2021-22	557 (67%)	$5,091	822 (99%)	$2,038	364 (44%)	$2,631	24 (3%)	$4,655
Average	1,008 (72.67%)	$4,803	348 (35.00%)	$594	549 (40.56%)	$2,381	52 (3.67%)	$3,424

^*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, 8 (1.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $8.

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	17 (1%)	$6,821	-	-	17 (1%)	$6,821
2014-15	8 (0%)	$8,061	-	-	8 (0%)	$8,061
2015-16	13 (1%)	$6,024	-	-	13 (1%)	$6,024
2016-17	9 (1%)	$5,468	-	-	9 (1%)	$5,468
2017-18	14 (1%)	$4,942	-	-	14 (1%)	$4,942
2018-19	5 (0%)	$5,920	-	-	5 (0%)	$5,920
2019-20	6 (0%)	$6,993	-	-	6 (0%)	$6,993
2020-21	2 (0%)	$8,500	-	-	2 (0%)	$8,500
2021-22	2 (0%)	$1,879	-	-	2 (0%)	$1,879
Average	8 (1.00%)	$6,068	-	-	8 (1.00%)	$6,068

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Essex

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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