Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Highland CC

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 850, which is 52.67 % of all undergraduate students. 218 students which is 12.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,391.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 77.11% of students received grants or scholarships and 13% 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 Highland Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 850, which is 52.67 % of all undergraduate students. 218 students which is 12.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,391.

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	1,081 (53%)	$4,543	888 (44%)	$4,305	338 (17%)	$4,343
2014-15	962 (56%)	$4,351	797 (46%)	$4,090	291 (17%)	$4,443
2015-16	875 (49%)	$4,253	705 (39%)	$4,084	271 (15%)	$4,355
2016-17	864 (47%)	$4,621	705 (38%)	$4,320	265 (14%)	$4,583
2017-18	862 (51%)	$4,179	690 (41%)	$3,869	239 (14%)	$4,430
2018-19	777 (49%)	$4,410	614 (38%)	$4,081	204 (13%)	$4,394
2019-20	724 (48%)	$4,682	543 (36%)	$4,008	158 (10%)	$4,340
2020-21	905 (71%)	$3,840	446 (35%)	$4,164	117 (9%)	$4,176
2021-22	597 (50%)	$4,865	422 (35%)	$4,163	77 (6%)	$4,452
Average	850 (52.67%)	$4,416	646 (39.11%)	$4,120	218 (12.78%)	$4,391

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 206 (77.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,809. It can cover 67.54% of tuition & fees ($7,120) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 37 (13.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,999).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	240 (72%)	$4,425	58 (17%)	$4,240
2014-15	239 (74%)	$4,202	61 (19%)	$4,077
2015-16	252 (75%)	$4,393	48 (14%)	$3,448
2016-17	226 (73%)	$5,095	49 (16%)	$4,138
2017-18	161 (78%)	$4,576	38 (18%)	$4,037
2018-19	203 (74%)	$4,826	30 (11%)	$3,845
2019-20	174 (79%)	$5,092	27 (12%)	$4,071
2020-21	183 (92%)	$5,281	18 (9%)	$3,684
2021-22	175 (77%)	$5,390	5 (2%)	$4,450
Average	206 (77.11%)	$4,809	37 (13.11%)	$3,999

^*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, 148 (54.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,472.

In addition, 71 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (27.22 % 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	179 (53%)	$4,271	26 (8%)	$294	69 (21%)	$1,303	101 (30%)	$1,982
2014-15	183 (56%)	$4,023	29 (9%)	$255	61 (19%)	$1,286	103 (32%)	$1,769
2015-16	181 (54%)	$4,247	33 (10%)	$456	58 (17%)	$1,390	121 (36%)	$2,005
2016-17	186 (60%)	$4,562	44 (14%)	$525	94 (30%)	$1,288	98 (32%)	$1,619
2017-18	127 (62%)	$4,259	15 (7%)	$230	55 (27%)	$1,317	70 (34%)	$1,714
2018-19	143 (52%)	$4,673	41 (15%)	$430	71 (26%)	$1,198	114 (41%)	$1,831
2019-20	113 (52%)	$4,792	37 (17%)	$789	64 (29%)	$1,213	96 (44%)	$2,476
2020-21	111 (56%)	$4,653	172 (86%)	$846	80 (40%)	$1,435	82 (41%)	$2,313
2021-22	110 (48%)	$4,771	37 (16%)	$227	83 (36%)	$1,549	114 (50%)	$2,469
Average	148 (54.78%)	$4,472	48 (20.22%)	$450	71 (27.22%)	$1,331	100 (37.78%)	$2,020

^*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, 37 (13.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $37.

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	58 (17%)	$4,240	58 (17%)	$4,240	-	-
2014-15	61 (19%)	$4,077	61 (19%)	$4,077	-	-
2015-16	48 (14%)	$3,448	48 (14%)	$3,448	-	-
2016-17	49 (16%)	$4,138	49 (16%)	$4,138	-	-
2017-18	38 (18%)	$4,037	38 (18%)	$4,037	-	-
2018-19	30 (11%)	$3,845	30 (11%)	$3,845	-	-
2019-20	27 (12%)	$4,071	27 (12%)	$4,071	-	-
2020-21	18 (9%)	$3,684	18 (9%)	$3,684	-	-
2021-22	5 (2%)	$4,450	5 (2%)	$4,450	-	-
Average	37 (13.11%)	$3,999	37 (13.11%)	$3,999	-	-

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