How Sierra'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 Sierra College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 9,737, which is 54.33 % of all undergraduate students. 701 students which is 3.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,097.

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	10,462 (57%)	$3,031	5,918 (32%)	$3,584	1,159 (6%)	$6,942
2014-15	10,858 (58%)	$2,919	5,782 (31%)	$3,571	1,073 (6%)	$7,159
2015-16	10,146 (56%)	$3,079	5,356 (29%)	$3,622	973 (5%)	$7,190
2016-17	9,468 (53%)	$3,110	4,865 (27%)	$3,623	809 (5%)	$7,072
2017-18	9,145 (50%)	$3,229	4,632 (25%)	$3,775	678 (4%)	$7,070
2018-19	9,544 (52%)	$3,183	4,253 (23%)	$3,931	561 (3%)	$6,971
2019-20	10,147 (56%)	$3,215	4,597 (25%)	$3,889	515 (3%)	$6,746
2020-21	10,072 (58%)	$3,387	3,741 (21%)	$3,970	306 (2%)	$7,320
2021-22	7,792 (49%)	$4,928	3,119 (20%)	$3,965	235 (1%)	$7,404
Average	9,737 (54.33%)	$3,342	4,696 (25.89%)	$3,770	701 (3.89%)	$7,097

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,220 (68.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,374. It can cover 43.79% of tuition & fees ($9,988) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 51 (3.00 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,640).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	995 (57%)	$4,473	108 (6%)	$5,443
2014-15	1,069 (60%)	$4,198	68 (4%)	$5,798
2015-16	886 (54%)	$4,430	75 (5%)	$5,951
2016-17	933 (54%)	$4,709	48 (3%)	$5,097
2017-18	911 (51%)	$5,282	52 (3%)	$4,966
2018-19	1,548 (80%)	$3,911	40 (2%)	$4,829
2019-20	1,817 (89%)	$3,628	34 (2%)	$5,880
2020-21	1,657 (91%)	$3,670	11 (1%)	$7,230
2021-22	1,162 (82%)	$5,067	20 (1%)	$5,567
Average	1,220 (68.67%)	$4,374	51 (3.00%)	$5,640

^*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, 595 (33.56 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,693.

In addition, 1,200 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (67.56 % 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	694 (40%)	$4,372	65 (4%)	$526	959 (55%)	$1,442	-	-
2014-15	675 (38%)	$4,391	101 (6%)	$551	1,046 (58%)	$1,403	-	-
2015-16	550 (34%)	$4,496	26 (2%)	$496	869 (53%)	$1,656	-	-
2016-17	565 (32%)	$4,616	57 (3%)	$493	918 (53%)	$1,911	15 (1%)	$184
2017-18	590 (33%)	$4,813	109 (6%)	$565	901 (51%)	$2,116	19 (1%)	$256
2018-19	626 (32%)	$4,894	121 (6%)	$558	1,529 (79%)	$1,883	124 (6%)	$354
2019-20	713 (35%)	$4,982	180 (9%)	$495	1,808 (89%)	$1,621	51 (3%)	$378
2020-21	525 (29%)	$4,903	1,255 (69%)	$629	1,635 (90%)	$1,657	28 (2%)	$361
2021-22	417 (29%)	$4,774	725 (51%)	$3,040	1,139 (80%)	$1,477	47 (3%)	$232
Average	595 (33.56%)	$4,693	293 (17.33%)	$817	1,200 (67.56%)	$1,685	47 (2.67%)	$294

^*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, 51 (3.00 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $51.

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	108 (6%)	$5,443	108 (6%)	$5,443	-	-
2014-15	68 (4%)	$5,798	68 (4%)	$5,798	-	-
2015-16	75 (5%)	$5,951	75 (5%)	$5,951	-	-
2016-17	48 (3%)	$5,097	48 (3%)	$5,097	-	-
2017-18	52 (3%)	$4,966	52 (3%)	$4,966	-	-
2018-19	40 (2%)	$4,829	40 (2%)	$4,829	-	-
2019-20	34 (2%)	$5,880	34 (2%)	$5,880	-	-
2020-21	11 (1%)	$7,230	11 (1%)	$7,230	-	-
2021-22	20 (1%)	$5,567	20 (1%)	$5,567	-	-
Average	51 (3.00%)	$5,640	51 (3.00%)	$5,640	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Sierra

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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