How HACC'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 Harrisburg Area Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 9,324, which is 52.22 % of all undergraduate students. 8,084 students which is 43.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,765.

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	10,233 (49%)	$3,445	9,084 (44%)	$3,111	10,916 (53%)	$6,081
2014-15	9,966 (49%)	$3,430	8,853 (44%)	$3,120	10,450 (52%)	$5,996
2015-16	8,997 (47%)	$3,388	7,944 (42%)	$3,098	9,454 (49%)	$5,836
2016-17	8,612 (46%)	$3,434	7,533 (40%)	$3,075	8,939 (47%)	$5,571
2017-18	8,291 (44%)	$3,542	7,245 (39%)	$3,281	8,194 (44%)	$5,676
2018-19	7,952 (44%)	$3,690	6,897 (38%)	$3,411	7,675 (42%)	$5,643
2019-20	9,954 (57%)	$3,223	6,569 (38%)	$3,429	7,003 (40%)	$5,595
2020-21	14,230 (93%)	$2,718	5,224 (34%)	$3,448	5,458 (35%)	$5,667
2021-22	5,682 (41%)	$5,653	4,960 (35%)	$5,168	4,665 (33%)	$5,824
Average	9,324 (52.22%)	$3,614	7,145 (39.33%)	$3,460	8,084 (43.89%)	$5,765

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 871 (64.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,742. It can cover 41.59% of tuition & fees ($11,400) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 761 (54.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,993).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	695 (67%)	$4,408	655 (64%)	$5,340
2014-15	1,202 (58%)	$4,506	1,220 (59%)	$5,032
2015-16	943 (56%)	$4,543	949 (56%)	$4,920
2016-17	939 (56%)	$4,700	936 (55%)	$4,726
2017-18	935 (58%)	$4,616	920 (57%)	$4,938
2018-19	782 (58%)	$4,948	738 (55%)	$4,887
2019-20	1,039 (81%)	$4,176	628 (49%)	$4,822
2020-21	840 (95%)	$4,168	403 (45%)	$5,162
2021-22	462 (54%)	$6,610	404 (47%)	$5,106
Average	871 (64.78%)	$4,742	761 (54.11%)	$4,993

^*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, 727 (52.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,448.

In addition, 390 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (28.00 % 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	624 (61%)	$4,045	77 (7%)	$332	321 (31%)	$1,476	56 (5%)	$714
2014-15	1,077 (52%)	$4,110	180 (9%)	$321	612 (30%)	$1,433	50 (2%)	$1,112
2015-16	871 (51%)	$4,049	89 (5%)	$292	440 (26%)	$1,536	24 (1%)	$2,317
2016-17	857 (51%)	$4,117	132 (8%)	$289	475 (28%)	$1,744	18 (1%)	$1,012
2017-18	848 (52%)	$4,268	63 (4%)	$449	419 (26%)	$1,559	16 (1%)	$953
2018-19	700 (52%)	$4,555	143 (11%)	$608	406 (30%)	$1,431	13 (1%)	$962
2019-20	703 (55%)	$4,527	856 (67%)	$578	386 (30%)	$1,587	63 (5%)	$788
2020-21	435 (49%)	$4,633	114 (13%)	$751	242 (27%)	$1,694	816 (92%)	$1,214
2021-22	426 (49%)	$5,724	41 (5%)	$1,024	210 (24%)	$1,881	232 (27%)	$769
Average	727 (52.44%)	$4,448	188 (14.33%)	$516	390 (28.00%)	$1,593	143 (15.00%)	$1,093

^*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, 761 (54.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $761.

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	655 (64%)	$5,340	650 (63%)	$5,331	7 (1%)	$4,663
2014-15	1,220 (59%)	$5,032	1,215 (59%)	$4,975	17 (1%)	$5,562
2015-16	949 (56%)	$4,920	938 (55%)	$4,847	18 (1%)	$6,761
2016-17	936 (55%)	$4,726	925 (55%)	$4,651	27 (2%)	$4,489
2017-18	920 (57%)	$4,938	920 (57%)	$4,807	21 (1%)	$5,726
2018-19	738 (55%)	$4,887	729 (54%)	$4,763	21 (2%)	$6,373
2019-20	628 (49%)	$4,822	617 (48%)	$4,713	18 (1%)	$6,666
2020-21	403 (45%)	$5,162	395 (45%)	$4,826	24 (3%)	$7,267
2021-22	404 (47%)	$5,106	398 (46%)	$4,893	14 (2%)	$8,231
Average	761 (54.11%)	$4,993	754 (53.56%)	$4,867	19 (1.56%)	$6,193

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at HACC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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