How MECC'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 Mountain Empire Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,394, which is 54.56 % 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	1,665 (57%)	$3,858	1,339 (46%)	$3,440	-	-
2014-15	1,586 (58%)	$3,929	1,286 (47%)	$3,465	-	-
2015-16	1,550 (57%)	$4,009	1,258 (46%)	$3,506	-	-
2016-17	1,456 (53%)	$3,895	1,151 (42%)	$3,468	-	-
2017-18	1,378 (51%)	$4,071	1,119 (42%)	$3,567	-	-
2018-19	1,278 (51%)	$4,214	1,009 (40%)	$3,709	-	-
2019-20	1,291 (56%)	$4,745	1,047 (45%)	$3,748	-	-
2020-21	1,237 (55%)	$5,559	905 (40%)	$4,553	-	-
2021-22	1,102 (53%)	$5,429	839 (40%)	$4,258	-	-
Average	1,394 (54.56%)	$4,412	1,106 (43.11%)	$3,746	-	-

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 315 (95.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,314. It can cover 48.90% of tuition & fees ($10,866) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 3 (1.13 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,588).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	398 (94%)	$4,724	4 (1%)	$2,149
2014-15	378 (98%)	$4,925	2 (1%)	$5,223
2015-16	372 (96%)	$5,192	4 (1%)	$3,466
2016-17	321 (94%)	$5,051	6 (2%)	$3,965
2017-18	326 (96%)	$5,169	4 (1%)	$2,285
2018-19	266 (95%)	$5,637	2 (1%)	$4,149
2019-20	309 (98%)	$6,139	3 (1%)	$2,050
2020-21	274 (98%)	$5,590	2 (1%)	$3,006
2021-22	192 (90%)	$5,398	1 (0%)	$6,000
Average	315 (95.44%)	$5,314	3 (1.13%)	$3,588

^*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, 237 (71.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,465.

In addition, 245 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (74.33 % 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	302 (72%)	$4,122	55 (13%)	$501	326 (77%)	$945	159 (38%)	$1,884
2014-15	290 (75%)	$4,310	67 (17%)	$418	292 (76%)	$932	182 (47%)	$1,712
2015-16	280 (73%)	$4,254	91 (24%)	$409	272 (70%)	$1,256	195 (51%)	$1,853
2016-17	239 (70%)	$4,316	40 (12%)	$351	241 (70%)	$1,042	179 (52%)	$1,814
2017-18	255 (75%)	$4,423	83 (24%)	$337	250 (74%)	$1,015	143 (42%)	$1,926
2018-19	208 (74%)	$4,671	48 (17%)	$385	218 (78%)	$1,083	132 (47%)	$2,071
2019-20	242 (77%)	$4,610	234 (74%)	$747	246 (78%)	$1,136	164 (52%)	$1,995
2020-21	183 (66%)	$4,949	217 (78%)	$746	198 (71%)	$1,171	126 (45%)	$1,845
2021-22	132 (62%)	$4,529	31 (15%)	$619	160 (75%)	$1,551	79 (37%)	$2,168
Average	237 (71.56%)	$4,465	96 (30.44%)	$501	245 (74.33%)	$1,126	151 (45.67%)	$1,919

^*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, 3 (1.13 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $3.

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	4 (1%)	$2,149	-	-	4 (1%)	$2,149
2014-15	2 (1%)	$5,223	-	-	2 (1%)	$5,223
2015-16	4 (1%)	$3,466	-	-	4 (1%)	$3,466
2016-17	6 (2%)	$3,965	-	-	6 (2%)	$3,965
2017-18	4 (1%)	$2,285	-	-	4 (1%)	$2,285
2018-19	2 (1%)	$4,149	-	-	2 (1%)	$4,149
2019-20	3 (1%)	$2,050	-	-	3 (1%)	$2,050
2020-21	2 (1%)	$3,006	-	-	2 (1%)	$3,006
2021-22	1 (0%)	$6,000	-	-	1 (0%)	$6,000
Average	3 (1.13%)	$3,588	-	-	3 (1.13%)	$3,588

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at MECC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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