Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Fortis

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 414, which is 81.67 % of all undergraduate students. 341 students which is 68.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,539.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 93.89% of students received grants or scholarships and 88% of students received student loans.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Fortis College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 414, which is 81.67 % of all undergraduate students. 341 students which is 68.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,539.

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	288 (80%)	$4,634	284 (79%)	$4,341	281 (78%)	$9,828
2014-15	274 (78%)	$4,866	269 (76%)	$4,809	279 (79%)	$9,919
2015-16	276 (67%)	$4,914	270 (66%)	$4,748	262 (64%)	$8,628
2016-17	317 (85%)	$4,639	313 (84%)	$4,505	236 (64%)	$7,693
2017-18	531 (89%)	$4,250	522 (87%)	$4,047	402 (67%)	$6,028
2018-19	511 (83%)	$4,576	503 (82%)	$4,290	422 (69%)	$6,835
2019-20	516 (79%)	$4,913	489 (75%)	$4,484	418 (64%)	$6,569
2020-21	581 (85%)	$5,342	536 (78%)	$4,753	469 (68%)	$6,470
2021-22	429 (89%)	$4,419	359 (74%)	$3,806	303 (63%)	$5,885
Average	414 (81.67%)	$4,728	394 (77.89%)	$4,420	341 (68.44%)	$7,539

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 147 (93.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,497. It can cover 33.80% of tuition & fees ($16,264).

In addition, 136 (88.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,794).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	54 (92%)	$6,413	54 (92%)	$11,952
2014-15	100 (93%)	$5,804	104 (97%)	$11,592
2015-16	93 (97%)	$5,852	92 (96%)	$10,323
2016-17	126 (96%)	$5,790	118 (90%)	$9,445
2017-18	185 (96%)	$4,918	164 (85%)	$7,203
2018-19	209 (91%)	$5,067	187 (82%)	$7,683
2019-20	174 (92%)	$5,440	158 (83%)	$7,242
2020-21	239 (96%)	$5,632	220 (88%)	$6,890
2021-22	145 (92%)	$4,555	129 (82%)	$6,813
Average	147 (93.89%)	$5,497	136 (88.33%)	$8,794

^*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, 144 (92.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,029.

In addition, 2 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (1.25 % 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	54 (92%)	$5,617	15 (25%)	$440	1 (2%)	$5,500	35 (59%)	$883
2014-15	99 (93%)	$5,598	13 (12%)	$438	-	-	12 (11%)	$1,710
2015-16	93 (97%)	$5,510	14 (15%)	$308	-	-	24 (25%)	$1,147
2016-17	123 (94%)	$5,547	33 (25%)	$92	-	-	53 (40%)	$834
2017-18	182 (95%)	$4,566	110 (57%)	$129	-	-	129 (67%)	$500
2018-19	204 (89%)	$4,696	39 (17%)	$261	-	-	96 (42%)	$946
2019-20	165 (87%)	$4,865	89 (47%)	$901	1 (1%)	$440	84 (44%)	$754
2020-21	230 (92%)	$5,058	178 (71%)	$472	3 (1%)	$10,559	150 (60%)	$446
2021-22	144 (92%)	$3,805	125 (80%)	$544	2 (1%)	$4,023	112 (71%)	$326
Average	144 (92.33%)	$5,029	68 (38.78%)	$398	2 (1.25%)	$5,131	77 (46.56%)	$838

^*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, 136 (88.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $136.

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	54 (92%)	$11,952	54 (92%)	$11,952	-	-
2014-15	104 (97%)	$11,592	104 (97%)	$11,592	-	-
2015-16	92 (96%)	$10,323	92 (96%)	$10,323	-	-
2016-17	118 (90%)	$9,445	118 (90%)	$9,389	1 (1%)	$6,571
2017-18	164 (85%)	$7,203	164 (85%)	$7,203	-	-
2018-19	187 (82%)	$7,683	187 (82%)	$7,683	-	-
2019-20	158 (83%)	$7,242	158 (83%)	$7,242	-	-
2020-21	220 (88%)	$6,890	220 (88%)	$6,890	-	-
2021-22	129 (82%)	$6,813	129 (82%)	$6,813	-	-
Average	136 (88.33%)	$8,794	136 (88.33%)	$8,787	1 (1.00%)	$6,571

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