Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Sterling

Over the past 10 years (2013-2022), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 120, which is 91.11 % of all undergraduate students. 71 students which is 53.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,064.

For full-time, first-time beginning students (freshmen), 99.00% of students received grants or scholarships and 65% of students received student loans.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at Sterling College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 120, which is 91.11 % of all undergraduate students. 71 students which is 53.89% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,064.

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	115 (99%)	$25,635	59 (51%)	$4,120	72 (62%)	$7,073
2014-15	112 (99%)	$34,983	64 (57%)	$4,592	75 (66%)	$6,879
2015-16	115 (98%)	$12,326	62 (53%)	$2,112	79 (68%)	$3,680
2016-17	121 (83%)	$12,919	67 (46%)	$5,320	77 (53%)	$4,691
2017-18	132 (86%)	$23,987	68 (44%)	$4,335	73 (47%)	$7,282
2018-19	134 (99%)	$26,454	69 (51%)	$4,432	61 (45%)	$3,557
2019-20	120 (82%)	$30,434	59 (40%)	$4,949	72 (49%)	$6,145
2020-21	123 (88%)	$31,496	61 (44%)	$4,501	79 (57%)	$6,393
2021-22	108 (86%)	$28,237	47 (37%)	$5,191	48 (38%)	$8,877
Average	120 (91.11%)	$25,163	62 (47.00%)	$4,395	71 (53.89%)	$6,064

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 21 (99.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $26,443. It can cover 64.87% of tuition & fees ($40,760).

In addition, 14 (65.44 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,979).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	17 (100%)	$21,982	9 (53%)	$8,789
2014-15	21 (100%)	$23,980	13 (62%)	$8,281
2015-16	24 (96%)	$21,917	21 (84%)	$5,981
2016-17	27 (100%)	$14,403	18 (67%)	$4,577
2017-18	28 (100%)	$26,293	15 (54%)	$7,309
2018-19	18 (95%)	$27,755	14 (74%)	$9,205
2019-20	24 (100%)	$33,627	15 (63%)	$4,693
2020-21	15 (100%)	$36,950	10 (67%)	$5,471
2021-22	17 (100%)	$31,078	11 (65%)	$8,508
Average	21 (99.00%)	$26,443	14 (65.44%)	$6,979

^*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, 12 (56.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,550.

In addition, 5 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (25.22 % 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	10 (59%)	$4,880	-	-	6 (35%)	$1,425	16 (94%)	$19,772
2014-15	11 (52%)	$4,772	-	-	7 (33%)	$3,330	21 (100%)	$20,370
2015-16	11 (44%)	$4,250	-	-	4 (16%)	$1,888	24 (96%)	$19,654
2016-17	15 (56%)	$2,476	-	-	7 (26%)	$857	27 (100%)	$12,805
2017-18	13 (46%)	$4,317	3 (11%)	$576	8 (29%)	$3,881	28 (100%)	$23,118
2018-19	14 (74%)	$4,419	1 (5%)	$1,000	6 (32%)	$1,571	16 (84%)	$26,706
2019-20	16 (67%)	$4,367	21 (88%)	$1,628	6 (25%)	$4,550	24 (100%)	$28,153
2020-21	9 (60%)	$5,017	13 (87%)	$1,817	2 (13%)	$6,150	15 (100%)	$31,545
2021-22	9 (53%)	$6,456	13 (76%)	$2,103	3 (18%)	$1,697	17 (100%)	$25,752
Average	12 (56.78%)	$4,550	10 (53.40%)	$1,425	5 (25.22%)	$2,817	21 (97.11%)	$23,097

^*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, 14 (65.44 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $14.

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	9 (53%)	$8,789	9 (53%)	$5,500	2 (12%)	$14,801
2014-15	13 (62%)	$8,281	13 (62%)	$4,494	6 (29%)	$8,205
2015-16	21 (84%)	$5,981	14 (56%)	$3,586	7 (28%)	$10,771
2016-17	18 (67%)	$4,577	18 (67%)	$2,819	6 (22%)	$5,276
2017-18	15 (54%)	$7,309	15 (54%)	$5,729	2 (7%)	$11,850
2018-19	14 (74%)	$9,205	14 (74%)	$5,897	6 (32%)	$7,719
2019-20	15 (63%)	$4,693	15 (63%)	$4,693	-	-
2020-21	10 (67%)	$5,471	9 (60%)	$5,246	1 (7%)	$7,500
2021-22	11 (65%)	$8,508	9 (53%)	$5,278	4 (24%)	$11,521
Average	14 (65.44%)	$6,979	13 (60.22%)	$4,805	4 (20.13%)	$9,705

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