Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Gaston

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,867, which is 52.22 % of all undergraduate students.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 68.00% of students received grants or scholarships and 0% 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 Gaston College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,867, which is 52.22 % 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	3,236 (54%)	$3,290	2,947 (49%)	$3,516	-	-
2014-15	3,172 (55%)	$3,073	2,733 (47%)	$3,443	-	-
2015-16	2,813 (50%)	$3,105	2,375 (43%)	$3,435	-	-
2016-17	2,539 (45%)	$3,543	2,181 (39%)	$3,478	-	-
2017-18	2,401 (43%)	$3,849	2,081 (37%)	$3,768	-	-
2018-19	2,152 (40%)	$3,883	1,864 (35%)	$3,874	-	-
2019-20	2,162 (38%)	$4,401	1,820 (32%)	$3,858	-	-
2020-21	2,451 (46%)	$3,841	2,089 (39%)	$3,302	-	-
2021-22	4,879 (99%)	$3,815	1,392 (28%)	$7,923	-	-
Average	2,867 (52.22%)	$3,644	2,165 (38.78%)	$4,066	-	-

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 264 (68.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,022. It can cover 53.83% of tuition & fees ($9,330) based on out-of-state rate.

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	384 (69%)	$4,135	-	-
2014-15	340 (70%)	$4,118	-	-
2015-16	280 (66%)	$4,142	-	-
2016-17	270 (64%)	$4,796	-	-
2017-18	221 (69%)	$5,372	-	-
2018-19	207 (62%)	$5,557	-	-
2019-20	185 (63%)	$5,608	-	-
2020-21	115 (49%)	$4,837	-	-
2021-22	376 (100%)	$6,632	-	-
Average	264 (68.00%)	$5,022	-	-

^*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, 215 (54.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,238.

In addition, 82 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (22.56 % 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	343 (62%)	$4,479	-	-	38 (7%)	$1,258	3 (1%)	$1,208
2014-15	294 (60%)	$4,571	10 (2%)	$1,706	33 (7%)	$930	13 (3%)	$662
2015-16	242 (57%)	$4,511	9 (2%)	$2,603	26 (6%)	$1,134	10 (2%)	$1,524
2016-17	242 (58%)	$4,489	35 (8%)	$785	97 (23%)	$1,869	-	-
2017-18	202 (63%)	$5,275	25 (8%)	$872	62 (19%)	$1,539	5 (2%)	$871
2018-19	191 (57%)	$5,371	43 (13%)	$459	94 (28%)	$1,107	2 (1%)	$275
2019-20	171 (58%)	$5,408	28 (9%)	$455	52 (18%)	$1,919	2 (1%)	$101
2020-21	77 (33%)	$5,433	99 (42%)	$746	27 (12%)	$2,010	6 (3%)	$1,628
2021-22	171 (45%)	$7,602	376 (100%)	$1,694	312 (83%)	$1,301	104 (28%)	$1,452
Average	215 (54.78%)	$5,238	78 (23.00%)	$1,165	82 (22.56%)	$1,452	18 (5.13%)	$965

^*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..

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