How SCCC'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 Schenectady County Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,033, which is 37.89 % of all undergraduate students. 1,098 students which is 19.56% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,240.

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	2,766 (42%)	$4,973	2,312 (35%)	$4,034	1,769 (27%)	$5,284
2014-15	2,668 (41%)	$5,225	2,236 (34%)	$4,011	1,624 (25%)	$5,142
2015-16	2,341 (38%)	$5,759	1,948 (32%)	$4,416	1,419 (23%)	$5,072
2016-17	2,071 (44%)	$6,320	1,776 (37%)	$4,837	1,273 (27%)	$5,121
2017-18	2,037 (31%)	$5,709	1,838 (28%)	$4,991	1,142 (17%)	$4,990
2018-19	2,039 (39%)	$5,867	1,694 (32%)	$3,931	1,061 (20%)	$5,668
2019-20	1,777 (38%)	$6,560	1,438 (30%)	$4,415	747 (16%)	$5,168
2020-21	1,359 (34%)	$7,255	1,060 (26%)	$4,459	497 (12%)	$5,587
2021-22	1,242 (34%)	$10,043	933 (25%)	$4,658	346 (9%)	$5,131
Average	2,033 (37.89%)	$6,412	1,693 (31.00%)	$4,417	1,098 (19.56%)	$5,240

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 489 (80.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,876. It can cover 79.62% of tuition & fees ($8,636) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 224 (35.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,816).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	747 (81%)	$5,770	419 (45%)	$5,126
2014-15	603 (79%)	$6,061	319 (42%)	$4,727
2015-16	555 (80%)	$6,350	290 (42%)	$4,745
2016-17	450 (76%)	$6,642	246 (42%)	$4,928
2017-18	542 (81%)	$6,091	254 (38%)	$4,487
2018-19	439 (83%)	$6,489	193 (37%)	$4,891
2019-20	392 (84%)	$6,724	119 (26%)	$4,439
2020-21	291 (79%)	$7,332	95 (26%)	$5,173
2021-22	384 (83%)	$10,427	82 (18%)	$4,830
Average	489 (80.67%)	$6,876	224 (35.11%)	$4,816

^*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, 408 (66.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,827.

In addition, 447 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (73.78 % 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	621 (67%)	$4,582	24 (3%)	$994	728 (79%)	$1,963	34 (4%)	$357
2014-15	517 (68%)	$4,583	35 (5%)	$492	593 (78%)	$2,116	33 (4%)	$416
2015-16	473 (69%)	$4,846	54 (8%)	$668	536 (78%)	$2,193	33 (5%)	$607
2016-17	400 (68%)	$4,940	39 (7%)	$448	419 (71%)	$2,336	21 (4%)	$799
2017-18	477 (71%)	$5,022	18 (3%)	$633	324 (48%)	$2,574	48 (7%)	$1,258
2018-19	374 (71%)	$4,532	34 (6%)	$572	424 (80%)	$2,539	48 (9%)	$1,201
2019-20	312 (67%)	$4,898	74 (16%)	$1,580	372 (80%)	$2,584	14 (3%)	$2,118
2020-21	215 (58%)	$5,024	172 (46%)	$1,667	266 (72%)	$2,517	72 (19%)	$1,349
2021-22	287 (62%)	$5,012	358 (78%)	$4,180	359 (78%)	$2,792	39 (8%)	$1,714
Average	408 (66.78%)	$4,827	90 (19.11%)	$1,248	447 (73.78%)	$2,402	38 (7.00%)	$1,091

^*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, 224 (35.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $224.

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	419 (45%)	$5,126	418 (45%)	$5,027	6 (1%)	$7,684
2014-15	319 (42%)	$4,727	318 (42%)	$4,659	3 (0%)	$8,711
2015-16	290 (42%)	$4,745	289 (42%)	$4,557	6 (1%)	$9,871
2016-17	246 (42%)	$4,928	246 (42%)	$4,831	4 (1%)	$5,992
2017-18	254 (38%)	$4,487	254 (38%)	$4,431	1 (0%)	$14,359
2018-19	193 (37%)	$4,891	193 (37%)	$4,722	3 (1%)	$10,834
2019-20	119 (26%)	$4,439	118 (25%)	$4,332	4 (1%)	$4,268
2020-21	95 (26%)	$5,173	94 (25%)	$4,799	3 (1%)	$13,426
2021-22	82 (18%)	$4,830	81 (18%)	$4,695	1 (0%)	$15,761
Average	224 (35.11%)	$4,816	223 (34.89%)	$4,673	3 (1.00%)	$10,101

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at SCCC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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