How Palo Alto'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 Palo Alto College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,409, which is 35.67 % of all undergraduate students. 320 students which is 3.44% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,779.

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	2,977 (35%)	$4,368	2,576 (31%)	$3,995	346 (4%)	$6,224
2014-15	3,081 (37%)	$4,448	2,735 (33%)	$3,995	392 (5%)	$5,918
2015-16	3,182 (37%)	$4,395	2,749 (32%)	$4,080	367 (4%)	$5,873
2016-17	3,374 (37%)	$4,342	2,745 (30%)	$4,046	401 (4%)	$5,718
2017-18	3,639 (39%)	$4,737	3,015 (32%)	$4,407	344 (4%)	$5,448
2018-19	3,438 (35%)	$4,627	2,833 (29%)	$4,481	314 (3%)	$5,198
2019-20	3,983 (37%)	$4,192	3,092 (29%)	$3,982	302 (3%)	$5,655
2020-21	3,854 (34%)	$3,973	2,605 (23%)	$4,260	207 (2%)	$5,933
2021-22	3,157 (30%)	$3,955	2,423 (23%)	$3,791	206 (2%)	$6,042
Average	3,409 (35.67%)	$4,337	2,753 (29.11%)	$4,115	320 (3.44%)	$5,779

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 513 (82.44 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,266. It can cover 36.51% of tuition & fees ($14,422) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 20 (3.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,809).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	336 (80%)	$5,191	10 (2%)	$4,038
2014-15	385 (77%)	$5,207	15 (3%)	$5,327
2015-16	360 (75%)	$4,838	23 (5%)	$4,168
2016-17	387 (78%)	$5,010	28 (6%)	$4,568
2017-18	573 (86%)	$5,830	28 (4%)	$4,141
2018-19	602 (84%)	$5,580	23 (3%)	$4,195
2019-20	792 (84%)	$5,506	31 (3%)	$4,528
2020-21	664 (89%)	$4,868	10 (1%)	$6,413
2021-22	519 (89%)	$5,364	12 (2%)	$5,904
Average	513 (82.44%)	$5,266	20 (3.22%)	$4,809

^*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, 418 (67.44 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,841.

In addition, 266 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (42.11 % 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	269 (64%)	$4,675	9 (2%)	$656	190 (45%)	$1,758	84 (20%)	$1,747
2014-15	341 (69%)	$4,524	18 (4%)	$733	160 (32%)	$2,078	77 (15%)	$1,513
2015-16	304 (63%)	$4,721	12 (3%)	$692	111 (23%)	$1,885	62 (13%)	$1,434
2016-17	324 (66%)	$4,628	18 (4%)	$739	178 (36%)	$1,656	72 (15%)	$1,823
2017-18	461 (69%)	$5,095	21 (3%)	$776	465 (69%)	$1,696	94 (14%)	$1,988
2018-19	512 (72%)	$5,142	19 (3%)	$1,780	369 (52%)	$1,554	65 (9%)	$1,828
2019-20	682 (72%)	$4,901	75 (8%)	$1,405	399 (42%)	$1,931	92 (10%)	$1,551
2020-21	461 (62%)	$5,029	151 (20%)	$859	267 (36%)	$2,780	15 (2%)	$2,795
2021-22	410 (70%)	$4,858	60 (10%)	$877	257 (44%)	$2,429	110 (19%)	$1,050
Average	418 (67.44%)	$4,841	43 (6.33%)	$946	266 (42.11%)	$1,974	75 (13.00%)	$1,748

^*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, 20 (3.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $20.

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	10 (2%)	$4,038	10 (2%)	$4,038	-	-
2014-15	15 (3%)	$5,327	15 (3%)	$5,327	-	-
2015-16	23 (5%)	$4,168	23 (5%)	$4,168	-	-
2016-17	28 (6%)	$4,568	28 (6%)	$4,568	-	-
2017-18	28 (4%)	$4,141	28 (4%)	$4,141	-	-
2018-19	23 (3%)	$4,195	23 (3%)	$4,195	-	-
2019-20	31 (3%)	$4,528	31 (3%)	$4,528	-	-
2020-21	10 (1%)	$6,413	10 (1%)	$6,413	-	-
2021-22	12 (2%)	$5,904	12 (2%)	$5,904	-	-
Average	20 (3.22%)	$4,809	20 (3.22%)	$4,809	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Palo Alto

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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