How NECC'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 Northern Essex Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,562, which is 60.89 % of all undergraduate students. 1,270 students which is 20.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,326.

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	4,796 (65%)	$3,992	4,405 (60%)	$3,676	2,044 (28%)	$4,287
2014-15	4,614 (66%)	$3,261	4,258 (61%)	$2,920	1,884 (27%)	$4,424
2015-16	4,178 (63%)	$3,250	3,567 (54%)	$3,081	1,729 (26%)	$4,425
2016-17	3,686 (62%)	$3,463	3,263 (55%)	$2,988	1,394 (23%)	$4,947
2017-18	3,048 (53%)	$5,124	2,719 (47%)	$4,608	1,583 (28%)	$3,675
2018-19	2,783 (53%)	$5,543	2,432 (46%)	$4,838	1,026 (20%)	$4,761
2019-20	3,022 (61%)	$4,116	2,206 (45%)	$3,485	791 (16%)	$4,432
2020-21	2,740 (58%)	$4,146	1,715 (36%)	$3,525	578 (12%)	$4,034
2021-22	3,194 (67%)	$4,377	1,642 (34%)	$3,308	399 (8%)	$3,946
Average	3,562 (60.89%)	$4,141	2,912 (48.67%)	$3,603	1,270 (20.89%)	$4,326

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 419 (65.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,966. It can cover 43.29% of tuition & fees ($11,472) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 141 (21.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,699).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	513 (62%)	$4,726	217 (26%)	$3,723
2014-15	461 (60%)	$4,455	175 (23%)	$3,796
2015-16	460 (61%)	$4,587	166 (22%)	$4,330
2016-17	412 (58%)	$4,608	155 (22%)	$4,154
2017-18	451 (64%)	$5,570	211 (30%)	$2,761
2018-19	345 (62%)	$5,673	112 (20%)	$3,300
2019-20	373 (68%)	$5,262	107 (20%)	$4,239
2020-21	332 (69%)	$4,769	65 (14%)	$3,600
2021-22	423 (83%)	$5,045	62 (12%)	$3,385
Average	419 (65.22%)	$4,966	141 (21.00%)	$3,699

^*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, 336 (51.11 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,502.

In addition, 312 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (48.00 % 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	446 (54%)	$4,494	54 (7%)	$564	408 (49%)	$939	12 (1%)	$572
2014-15	413 (54%)	$4,099	46 (6%)	$606	367 (48%)	$876	17 (2%)	$684
2015-16	402 (53%)	$4,195	61 (8%)	$614	335 (44%)	$1,040	35 (5%)	$1,075
2016-17	372 (52%)	$3,963	68 (10%)	$852	310 (44%)	$1,099	38 (5%)	$685
2017-18	390 (56%)	$5,309	56 (8%)	$718	367 (52%)	$987	68 (10%)	$577
2018-19	290 (52%)	$5,265	69 (12%)	$1,006	285 (51%)	$1,169	45 (8%)	$618
2019-20	278 (51%)	$4,582	212 (39%)	$976	280 (51%)	$1,393	75 (14%)	$1,224
2020-21	225 (47%)	$4,236	175 (37%)	$1,285	239 (50%)	$1,376	50 (10%)	$1,529
2021-22	208 (41%)	$4,375	405 (80%)	$2,064	219 (43%)	$1,412	55 (11%)	$1,439
Average	336 (51.11%)	$4,502	127 (23.00%)	$965	312 (48.00%)	$1,143	44 (7.33%)	$934

^*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, 141 (21.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $141.

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	217 (26%)	$3,723	217 (26%)	$3,723	-	-
2014-15	175 (23%)	$3,796	175 (23%)	$3,796	-	-
2015-16	166 (22%)	$4,330	165 (22%)	$4,186	5 (1%)	$5,617
2016-17	155 (22%)	$4,154	155 (22%)	$4,154	-	-
2017-18	211 (30%)	$2,761	210 (30%)	$2,669	4 (1%)	$5,505
2018-19	112 (20%)	$3,300	110 (20%)	$3,158	5 (1%)	$4,434
2019-20	107 (20%)	$4,239	107 (20%)	$3,973	3 (1%)	$9,500
2020-21	65 (14%)	$3,600	60 (13%)	$3,322	5 (1%)	$6,930
2021-22	62 (12%)	$3,385	61 (12%)	$3,326	2 (0%)	$3,482
Average	141 (21.00%)	$3,699	140 (20.89%)	$3,590	4 (1.00%)	$5,911

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at NECC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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