How Polaris Career Center'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 Polaris Career Center since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 165, which is 58.89 % of all undergraduate students. 147 students which is 51.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,894.

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	220 (62%)	$7,199	207 (59%)	$2,960	275 (78%)	$3,531
2014-15	209 (61%)	$3,943	195 (57%)	$3,901	195 (57%)	$7,033
2015-16	184 (67%)	$4,423	162 (59%)	$4,012	146 (53%)	$6,309
2016-17	164 (66%)	$7,929	130 (52%)	$4,038	126 (50%)	$3,389
2017-18	144 (56%)	$4,531	135 (53%)	$3,945	130 (51%)	$5,852
2018-19	141 (61%)	$5,501	112 (48%)	$4,194	132 (57%)	$5,596
2019-20	117 (48%)	$3,870	117 (48%)	$3,870	127 (52%)	$4,392
2020-21	165 (58%)	$5,616	148 (52%)	$4,450	143 (51%)	$4,439
2021-22	139 (51%)	$5,525	110 (40%)	$4,088	50 (18%)	$3,502
Average	165 (58.89%)	$5,393	146 (52.00%)	$3,940	147 (51.89%)	$4,894

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 74 (65.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,795. It can cover 47.08% of tuition & fees ($10,185) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 75 (62.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,199).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	181 (57%)	$3,523	269 (84%)	$3,610
2014-15	90 (73%)	$3,756	73 (59%)	$7,309
2015-16	74 (70%)	$4,541	55 (52%)	$5,929
2016-17	102 (69%)	$4,225	83 (56%)	$5,145
2017-18	89 (60%)	$4,686	86 (58%)	$5,657
2018-19	90 (63%)	$4,878	81 (57%)	$5,327
2019-20	10 (59%)	$5,714	15 (88%)	$5,595
2020-21	6 (75%)	$5,935	7 (88%)	$5,334
2021-22	27 (60%)	$5,898	8 (18%)	$2,883
Average	74 (65.11%)	$4,795	75 (62.22%)	$5,199

^*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, 69 (59.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,312.

In addition, 10 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (10.38 % 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	181 (57%)	$3,385	-	-	5 (2%)	$5,000	-	-
2014-15	86 (69%)	$3,539	-	-	5 (4%)	$6,732	-	-
2015-16	65 (62%)	$4,016	-	-	9 (9%)	$8,329	-	-
2016-17	87 (59%)	$3,898	-	-	15 (10%)	$6,121	-	-
2017-18	89 (60%)	$4,007	-	-	10 (7%)	$6,038	-	-
2018-19	69 (49%)	$4,157	-	-	28 (20%)	$5,438	-	-
2019-20	10 (59%)	$5,714	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020-21	5 (63%)	$5,622	-	-	1 (13%)	$7,500	-	-
2021-22	25 (56%)	$4,466	-	-	8 (18%)	$5,950	-	-
Average	69 (59.33%)	$4,312	-	-	10 (10.38%)	$6,389	-	-

^*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, 75 (62.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $75.

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	269 (84%)	$3,610	269 (84%)	$3,610	-	-
2014-15	73 (59%)	$7,309	73 (59%)	$7,309	-	-
2015-16	55 (52%)	$5,929	55 (52%)	$5,929	-	-
2016-17	83 (56%)	$5,145	83 (56%)	$5,145	-	-
2017-18	86 (58%)	$5,657	86 (58%)	$5,657	-	-
2018-19	81 (57%)	$5,327	81 (57%)	$5,327	-	-
2019-20	15 (88%)	$5,595	15 (88%)	$5,595	-	-
2020-21	7 (88%)	$5,334	7 (88%)	$5,334	-	-
2021-22	8 (18%)	$2,883	8 (18%)	$2,883	-	-
Average	75 (62.22%)	$5,199	75 (62.22%)	$5,199	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Polaris Career Center

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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