South Carolina 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 South Carolina Colleges since 2013. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 109,568, which is 83.00 % of all undergraduate students. 72,279 students which is 62.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $7,225.

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	101,048 (81%)	$11,371	55,477 (53%)	$4,055	79,416 (67%)	$7,675
2014-15	105,767 (83%)	$10,922	52,886 (52%)	$4,154	78,128 (67%)	$7,825
2015-16	106,525 (82%)	$11,532	51,309 (49%)	$4,142	74,148 (65%)	$7,278
2016-17	107,049 (83%)	$11,761	49,260 (48%)	$4,205	75,842 (64%)	$7,489
2017-18	108,627 (83%)	$11,991	49,440 (47%)	$4,403	75,340 (65%)	$7,123
2018-19	108,443 (82%)	$12,723	47,860 (45%)	$4,591	72,456 (62%)	$7,118
2019-20	116,871 (84%)	$13,142	46,748 (45%)	$4,696	69,501 (59%)	$6,859
2020-21	112,901 (83%)	$13,905	42,302 (43%)	$4,842	64,544 (58%)	$6,797
2021-22	118,883 (86%)	$14,720	41,251 (42%)	$4,884	61,138 (55%)	$6,859
Average	109,568 (83.00%)	$12,452	48,504 (47.11%)	$4,441	72,279 (62.44%)	$7,225

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 25,818 (92.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $13,463. It can cover 49.56% of tuition & fees ($27,164) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 16,164 (66.89 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $7,186).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	23,191 (89%)	$11,614	16,139 (70%)	$7,320
2014-15	24,631 (92%)	$11,948	16,998 (73%)	$7,107
2015-16	24,885 (93%)	$12,880	16,422 (71%)	$6,802
2016-17	25,562 (93%)	$13,136	16,522 (68%)	$7,166
2017-18	25,911 (93%)	$13,207	17,020 (69%)	$6,946
2018-19	27,059 (93%)	$14,173	16,879 (67%)	$7,548
2019-20	27,801 (95%)	$14,050	16,071 (65%)	$7,502
2020-21	25,527 (92%)	$14,625	14,431 (60%)	$6,932
2021-22	27,796 (94%)	$15,535	14,992 (59%)	$7,354
Average	25,818 (92.67%)	$13,463	16,164 (66.89%)	$7,186

^*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, 10,191 (51.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,701. In addition, 16,765 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (59.78 % 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	10,471 (56%)	$4,377	2,663 (20%)	$1,034	15,090 (55%)	$5,330	14,255 (60%)	$8,183
2014-15	10,546 (56%)	$4,466	2,760 (18%)	$1,068	15,964 (58%)	$5,199	15,610 (63%)	$8,555
2015-16	10,436 (53%)	$4,459	2,704 (19%)	$1,164	16,588 (60%)	$5,239	15,924 (60%)	$8,332
2016-17	10,382 (52%)	$4,543	2,713 (16%)	$1,054	17,056 (60%)	$5,383	16,709 (64%)	$8,493
2017-18	10,660 (50%)	$4,560	2,624 (15%)	$1,159	17,356 (65%)	$5,483	16,905 (66%)	$8,935
2018-19	10,811 (50%)	$4,818	2,965 (17%)	$1,315	17,839 (62%)	$5,496	19,016 (69%)	$9,623
2019-20	10,342 (51%)	$4,835	14,182 (38%)	$1,265	17,562 (60%)	$5,763	19,766 (70%)	$9,318
2020-21	8,809 (47%)	$5,051	11,354 (36%)	$1,346	16,729 (61%)	$5,675	17,377 (67%)	$9,880
2021-22	9,258 (48%)	$5,200	14,935 (34%)	$1,909	16,699 (57%)	$6,171	18,675 (67%)	$10,278
Average	10,191 (51.44%)	$4,701	6,322 (23.67%)	$1,257	16,765 (59.78%)	$5,527	17,137 (65.11%)	$9,066

^*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, 16,164 (66.89 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $16,164.

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	16,139 (70%)	$7,320	15,795 (69%)	$6,623	1,756 (7%)	$9,910
2014-15	16,998 (73%)	$7,107	16,787 (73%)	$6,400	1,694 (6%)	$9,849
2015-16	16,422 (71%)	$6,802	16,151 (70%)	$6,058	1,864 (6%)	$9,961
2016-17	16,522 (68%)	$7,166	16,223 (67%)	$6,169	1,991 (7%)	$10,808
2017-18	17,020 (69%)	$6,946	16,648 (68%)	$5,903	2,234 (7%)	$11,111
2018-19	16,879 (67%)	$7,548	16,396 (66%)	$6,037	2,698 (9%)	$11,254
2019-20	16,071 (65%)	$7,502	15,561 (63%)	$5,924	2,733 (9%)	$12,255
2020-21	14,431 (60%)	$6,932	14,045 (60%)	$5,426	2,366 (8%)	$12,977
2021-22	14,992 (59%)	$7,354	14,591 (59%)	$5,782	2,619 (7%)	$13,502
Average	16,164 (66.89%)	$7,186	15,800 (66.11%)	$6,036	2,217 (7.33%)	$11,292

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Grants, Scholarships, and Student Loan Stats Trends for South Carolina Colleges

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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