How Mercer County CC'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 Mercer County Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,787, which is 37.44 % of all undergraduate students. 579 students which is 7.67% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,668.

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	3,708 (44%)	$3,075	1,799 (21%)	$3,879	801 (9%)	$2,886
2014-15	2,905 (37%)	$4,024	2,542 (32%)	$3,446	764 (10%)	$4,600
2015-16	2,862 (36%)	$4,147	2,486 (31%)	$3,547	682 (9%)	$2,434
2016-17	2,611 (35%)	$4,053	2,231 (30%)	$3,449	692 (9%)	$4,888
2017-18	2,584 (34%)	$4,216	2,219 (29%)	$3,533	591 (8%)	$5,134
2018-19	2,702 (35%)	$4,242	2,292 (30%)	$3,590	560 (7%)	$5,328
2019-20	2,926 (39%)	$4,241	2,340 (31%)	$3,675	493 (7%)	$5,502
2020-21	2,392 (38%)	$4,360	1,943 (31%)	$3,525	337 (5%)	$5,496
2021-22	2,392 (39%)	$4,305	1,933 (31%)	$3,410	288 (5%)	$5,743
Average	2,787 (37.44%)	$4,074	2,198 (29.56%)	$3,562	579 (7.67%)	$4,668

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 452 (48.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,388. It can cover 60.26% of tuition & fees ($8,942) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 97 (9.78 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,634).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	376 (30%)	$4,890	185 (15%)	$4,470
2014-15	520 (49%)	$5,559	150 (14%)	$4,606
2015-16	587 (52%)	$5,364	121 (11%)	$5,187
2016-17	471 (50%)	$5,049	79 (8%)	$4,711
2017-18	358 (37%)	$4,961	58 (6%)	$4,782
2018-19	500 (54%)	$5,146	84 (9%)	$5,431
2019-20	504 (59%)	$5,509	79 (9%)	$7,349
2020-21	346 (52%)	$6,042	56 (8%)	$6,174
2021-22	408 (56%)	$5,976	57 (8%)	$7,997
Average	452 (48.78%)	$5,388	97 (9.78%)	$5,634

^*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, 386 (41.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,541.

In addition, 235 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (25.11 % 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	322 (26%)	$3,431	157 (12%)	$565	302 (24%)	$2,107	9 (1%)	$1,000
2014-15	494 (46%)	$4,303	39 (4%)	$431	282 (26%)	$2,231	74 (7%)	$1,604
2015-16	512 (45%)	$4,587	47 (4%)	$748	288 (26%)	$2,303	82 (7%)	$1,238
2016-17	400 (43%)	$4,476	39 (4%)	$916	201 (21%)	$2,271	76 (8%)	$1,255
2017-18	279 (29%)	$4,798	11 (1%)	$2,986	133 (14%)	$2,434	48 (5%)	$1,685
2018-19	409 (44%)	$4,871	35 (4%)	$673	210 (23%)	$2,280	50 (5%)	$1,572
2019-20	419 (49%)	$4,797	60 (7%)	$647	263 (31%)	$2,361	67 (8%)	$1,599
2020-21	298 (44%)	$4,725	17 (3%)	$777	218 (32%)	$2,627	55 (8%)	$1,761
2021-22	341 (46%)	$4,883	94 (13%)	$732	216 (29%)	$2,752	61 (8%)	$1,801
Average	386 (41.33%)	$4,541	55 (5.78%)	$942	235 (25.11%)	$2,374	58 (6.33%)	$1,502

^*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, 97 (9.78 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $97.

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	185 (15%)	$4,470	185 (15%)	$4,105	13 (1%)	$5,206
2014-15	150 (14%)	$4,606	136 (13%)	$4,551	14 (1%)	$5,143
2015-16	121 (11%)	$5,187	95 (8%)	$4,399	26 (2%)	$8,066
2016-17	79 (8%)	$4,711	79 (8%)	$4,711	-	-
2017-18	58 (6%)	$4,782	58 (6%)	$4,782	-	-
2018-19	84 (9%)	$5,431	84 (9%)	$5,431	-	-
2019-20	79 (9%)	$7,349	72 (8%)	$5,149	15 (2%)	$13,991
2020-21	56 (8%)	$6,174	49 (7%)	$5,317	9 (1%)	$9,465
2021-22	57 (8%)	$7,997	49 (7%)	$5,572	15 (2%)	$12,186
Average	97 (9.78%)	$5,634	90 (9.00%)	$4,891	15 (1.50%)	$9,010

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Mercer County CC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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