How OCC'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 Ocean County College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,412, which is 41.44 % of all undergraduate students. 1,268 students which is 14.78% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,400.

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	3,107 (33%)	$4,325	2,677 (28%)	$3,803	1,746 (18%)	$5,290
2014-15	3,109 (33%)	$4,272	2,783 (30%)	$3,650	1,702 (18%)	$5,245
2015-16	3,365 (39%)	$3,645	2,565 (30%)	$3,714	1,473 (17%)	$5,458
2016-17	2,816 (33%)	$4,282	2,472 (29%)	$3,679	1,384 (16%)	$5,414
2017-18	2,853 (34%)	$4,384	2,538 (30%)	$3,750	1,394 (17%)	$5,327
2018-19	2,921 (36%)	$4,586	2,533 (31%)	$3,949	1,278 (16%)	$5,328
2019-20	3,317 (41%)	$4,568	2,637 (32%)	$3,886	1,157 (14%)	$5,401
2020-21	4,220 (56%)	$4,356	2,302 (31%)	$3,749	781 (10%)	$5,545
2021-22	4,998 (68%)	$4,319	2,278 (31%)	$3,604	501 (7%)	$5,589
Average	3,412 (41.44%)	$4,304	2,532 (30.22%)	$3,754	1,268 (14.78%)	$5,400

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 819 (50.89 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,253. It can cover 76.69% of tuition & fees ($6,850) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 248 (15.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,951).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	818 (45%)	$5,035	376 (21%)	$4,873
2014-15	723 (43%)	$5,147	350 (21%)	$4,814
2015-16	792 (51%)	$4,514	250 (16%)	$5,253
2016-17	748 (43%)	$5,046	309 (18%)	$5,317
2017-18	747 (45%)	$5,037	285 (17%)	$4,840
2018-19	816 (49%)	$5,453	244 (15%)	$5,013
2019-20	823 (50%)	$5,697	227 (14%)	$4,880
2020-21	905 (61%)	$5,347	109 (7%)	$5,140
2021-22	999 (71%)	$6,002	85 (6%)	$4,433
Average	819 (50.89%)	$5,253	248 (15.00%)	$4,951

^*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, 626 (38.67 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,423.

In addition, 538 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (33.44 % 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	701 (39%)	$4,189	163 (9%)	$225	541 (30%)	$1,989	73 (4%)	$960
2014-15	629 (38%)	$4,275	174 (10%)	$215	481 (29%)	$1,932	66 (4%)	$998
2015-16	604 (39%)	$4,367	153 (10%)	$183	630 (41%)	$1,417	22 (1%)	$744
2016-17	626 (36%)	$4,257	321 (19%)	$193	492 (28%)	$2,057	47 (3%)	$755
2017-18	639 (39%)	$4,349	195 (12%)	$195	406 (25%)	$2,283	23 (1%)	$797
2018-19	699 (42%)	$4,671	342 (21%)	$172	591 (35%)	$1,861	24 (1%)	$1,104
2019-20	666 (41%)	$4,620	368 (23%)	$685	576 (35%)	$2,332	16 (1%)	$1,038
2020-21	506 (34%)	$4,545	752 (51%)	$1,548	590 (40%)	$2,282	21 (1%)	$1,362
2021-22	562 (40%)	$4,531	906 (64%)	$2,413	536 (38%)	$2,289	39 (3%)	$942
Average	626 (38.67%)	$4,423	375 (24.33%)	$648	538 (33.44%)	$2,049	37 (2.11%)	$967

^*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, 248 (15.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $248.

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	376 (21%)	$4,873	370 (20%)	$4,820	9 (0%)	$5,455
2014-15	350 (21%)	$4,814	344 (21%)	$4,766	6 (0%)	$7,589
2015-16	250 (16%)	$5,253	241 (16%)	$5,114	14 (1%)	$5,780
2016-17	309 (18%)	$5,317	294 (17%)	$5,156	17 (1%)	$7,474
2017-18	285 (17%)	$4,840	274 (17%)	$4,767	13 (1%)	$5,623
2018-19	244 (15%)	$5,013	237 (14%)	$4,823	8 (0%)	$10,032
2019-20	227 (14%)	$4,880	219 (13%)	$4,672	12 (1%)	$7,041
2020-21	109 (7%)	$5,140	101 (7%)	$4,835	8 (1%)	$8,996
2021-22	85 (6%)	$4,433	83 (6%)	$4,322	3 (0%)	$6,017
Average	248 (15.00%)	$4,951	240 (14.56%)	$4,808	10 (1.00%)	$7,112

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at OCC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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