How OCtech'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 Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,332, which is 92.44 % of all undergraduate students. 523 students which is 20.00% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,166.

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	2,518 (93%)	$3,711	1,791 (66%)	$3,809	813 (30%)	$3,931
2014-15	2,802 (92%)	$3,584	1,702 (56%)	$4,104	711 (23%)	$4,226
2015-16	2,541 (92%)	$3,631	1,534 (55%)	$4,228	847 (31%)	$5,133
2016-17	2,498 (95%)	$4,871	1,406 (53%)	$4,221	587 (22%)	$4,795
2017-18	2,236 (90%)	$3,727	1,284 (52%)	$4,400	497 (20%)	$3,582
2018-19	2,174 (91%)	$3,942	1,198 (50%)	$4,346	402 (17%)	$3,935
2019-20	2,104 (92%)	$5,081	1,085 (47%)	$4,376	346 (15%)	$3,698
2020-21	2,030 (90%)	$4,574	954 (42%)	$4,377	282 (12%)	$4,045
2021-22	2,087 (97%)	$5,655	951 (44%)	$4,475	225 (10%)	$4,146
Average	2,332 (92.44%)	$4,308	1,323 (51.67%)	$4,260	523 (20.00%)	$4,166

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 271 (97.22 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,922. It can cover 86.85% of tuition & fees ($7,970) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 52 (15.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,491).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	422 (97%)	$5,454	148 (34%)	$3,346
2014-15	375 (96%)	$5,684	101 (26%)	$3,635
2015-16	309 (96%)	$5,596	70 (22%)	$3,667
2016-17	283 (99%)	$6,690	50 (17%)	$4,527
2017-18	266 (96%)	$6,343	39 (14%)	$3,120
2018-19	246 (98%)	$7,353	18 (7%)	$2,975
2019-20	211 (96%)	$7,774	22 (10%)	$3,217
2020-21	175 (98%)	$8,001	13 (7%)	$3,515
2021-22	156 (99%)	$9,401	3 (2%)	$3,416
Average	271 (97.22%)	$6,922	52 (15.44%)	$3,491

^*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, 200 (70.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,058.

In addition, 195 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (73.33 % 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	339 (78%)	$4,442	19 (4%)	$901	215 (49%)	$3,597	8 (2%)	$650
2014-15	271 (70%)	$4,945	20 (5%)	$485	230 (59%)	$3,348	14 (4%)	$831
2015-16	240 (75%)	$4,999	22 (7%)	$398	176 (55%)	$2,925	14 (4%)	$420
2016-17	197 (69%)	$5,013	21 (7%)	$409	273 (95%)	$3,204	22 (8%)	$1,023
2017-18	194 (70%)	$5,043	15 (5%)	$397	184 (66%)	$3,740	24 (9%)	$617
2018-19	182 (73%)	$5,123	52 (21%)	$333	212 (84%)	$4,019	20 (8%)	$349
2019-20	148 (68%)	$5,283	117 (53%)	$597	179 (82%)	$4,251	21 (10%)	$1,323
2020-21	116 (65%)	$5,454	71 (40%)	$633	150 (84%)	$4,799	6 (3%)	$442
2021-22	109 (69%)	$5,223	139 (88%)	$1,938	136 (86%)	$4,507	8 (5%)	$1,869
Average	200 (70.78%)	$5,058	53 (25.56%)	$677	195 (73.33%)	$3,821	15 (5.89%)	$836

^*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, 52 (15.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $52.

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	148 (34%)	$3,346	148 (34%)	$3,346	-	-
2014-15	101 (26%)	$3,635	99 (25%)	$3,656	2 (1%)	$2,580
2015-16	70 (22%)	$3,667	68 (21%)	$3,511	2 (1%)	$8,963
2016-17	50 (17%)	$4,527	50 (17%)	$4,527	-	-
2017-18	39 (14%)	$3,120	39 (14%)	$3,120	-	-
2018-19	18 (7%)	$2,975	18 (7%)	$2,975	-	-
2019-20	22 (10%)	$3,217	22 (10%)	$3,217	-	-
2020-21	13 (7%)	$3,515	13 (7%)	$3,515	-	-
2021-22	3 (2%)	$3,416	3 (2%)	$2,937	1 (1%)	$1,437
Average	52 (15.44%)	$3,491	51 (15.22%)	$3,423	2 (1.00%)	$4,327

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at OCtech

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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