Alaska Colleges Financial Aid Trends

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Alaska Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 10,607, which is 54.00 % of all undergraduate students. 5,162 students which is 26.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $6,731.

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	11,544 (44%)	$6,534	6,441 (24%)	$3,486	7,215 (31%)	$7,001
2014-15	11,701 (47%)	$5,924	6,199 (21%)	$3,829	6,540 (26%)	$7,022
2015-16	10,961 (49%)	$6,047	5,628 (21%)	$3,651	5,965 (27%)	$6,737
2016-17	10,783 (45%)	$7,099	5,336 (22%)	$3,544	5,760 (28%)	$6,849
2017-18	10,460 (52%)	$7,126	5,330 (28%)	$3,857	5,419 (30%)	$5,924
2018-19	10,302 (52%)	$6,608	5,274 (26%)	$3,697	4,854 (26%)	$5,944
2019-20	9,475 (56%)	$6,943	4,722 (25%)	$3,735	4,145 (23%)	$7,335
2020-21	9,504 (67%)	$7,751	4,007 (27%)	$4,161	3,421 (22%)	$6,880
2021-22	10,732 (74%)	$7,213	3,710 (27%)	$3,812	3,137 (21%)	$6,888
Average	10,607 (54.00%)	$6,805	5,183 (24.56%)	$3,752	5,162 (26.00%)	$6,731

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,509 (80.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,683. It can cover 39.06% of tuition & fees ($19,667) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 539 (34.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,594).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,792 (79%)	$7,401	752 (37%)	$6,045
2014-15	1,722 (85%)	$6,598	686 (41%)	$5,546
2015-16	1,601 (71%)	$7,254	594 (38%)	$6,064
2016-17	1,568 (74%)	$6,900	628 (36%)	$5,560
2017-18	1,637 (80%)	$8,238	626 (38%)	$5,373
2018-19	1,470 (74%)	$7,167	533 (33%)	$5,220
2019-20	1,347 (81%)	$8,186	458 (34%)	$5,928
2020-21	1,164 (87%)	$9,204	278 (22%)	$5,590
2021-22	1,281 (96%)	$8,195	297 (27%)	$5,016
Average	1,509 (80.78%)	$7,683	539 (34.00%)	$5,594

^*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, 630 (36.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,311. In addition, 1,039 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (46.44 % 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 (39%)	$4,371	197 (24%)	$650	1,114 (37%)	$2,903	1,072 (58%)	$4,824
2014-15	751 (40%)	$4,245	129 (22%)	$638	1,199 (34%)	$3,503	943 (54%)	$4,082
2015-16	660 (38%)	$4,405	123 (22%)	$978	1,134 (41%)	$3,991	777 (50%)	$4,186
2016-17	642 (30%)	$3,743	101 (9%)	$779	1,135 (43%)	$4,529	798 (54%)	$4,160
2017-18	710 (33%)	$4,127	84 (12%)	$1,125	1,161 (56%)	$4,032	810 (46%)	$5,939
2018-19	668 (35%)	$4,220	135 (11%)	$1,062	1,038 (42%)	$3,563	767 (44%)	$4,006
2019-20	614 (38%)	$4,745	835 (55%)	$1,856	896 (49%)	$3,674	608 (63%)	$4,558
2020-21	403 (38%)	$4,674	588 (39%)	$1,275	853 (61%)	$5,050	671 (55%)	$4,316
2021-22	411 (38%)	$4,265	885 (71%)	$2,634	817 (55%)	$4,166	966 (75%)	$3,479
Average	630 (36.56%)	$4,311	342 (29.44%)	$1,222	1,039 (46.44%)	$3,935	824 (55.44%)	$4,394

^*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, 539 (34.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $539.

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	752 (37%)	$6,045	734 (36%)	$5,536	51 (3%)	$11,907
2014-15	686 (41%)	$5,546	679 (41%)	$5,219	48 (2%)	$9,736
2015-16	594 (38%)	$6,064	579 (37%)	$5,158	44 (5%)	$10,391
2016-17	628 (36%)	$5,560	609 (36%)	$4,786	62 (5%)	$8,893
2017-18	626 (38%)	$5,373	606 (37%)	$4,624	67 (3%)	$10,854
2018-19	533 (33%)	$5,220	512 (33%)	$4,567	55 (3%)	$9,853
2019-20	458 (34%)	$5,928	444 (34%)	$4,819	56 (4%)	$10,285
2020-21	278 (22%)	$5,590	272 (22%)	$5,194	21 (2%)	$12,856
2021-22	297 (27%)	$5,016	290 (27%)	$4,414	23 (2%)	$13,605
Average	539 (34.00%)	$5,594	525 (33.67%)	$4,924	47 (3.22%)	$10,931

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Grants, Scholarships, and Student Loan Stats Trends for Alaska Colleges

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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