How TCTC'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 Tri-County Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,979, which is 81.89 % of all undergraduate students. 928 students which is 15.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,449.

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	5,296 (81%)	$4,654	2,815 (43%)	$4,467	1,266 (19%)	$5,303
2014-15	5,166 (81%)	$4,772	2,549 (40%)	$4,578	1,091 (17%)	$5,460
2015-16	4,803 (78%)	$4,888	2,279 (37%)	$4,560	1,032 (17%)	$5,450
2016-17	4,778 (78%)	$4,887	2,155 (35%)	$4,574	1,051 (17%)	$5,047
2017-18	4,755 (78%)	$4,841	2,254 (37%)	$4,355	943 (16%)	$5,103
2018-19	4,892 (80%)	$4,966	2,102 (35%)	$4,504	901 (15%)	$5,089
2019-20	5,195 (84%)	$5,602	2,193 (35%)	$4,694	834 (13%)	$5,265
2020-21	4,904 (88%)	$6,466	1,868 (33%)	$6,186	682 (12%)	$5,027
2021-22	5,025 (89%)	$7,116	1,983 (35%)	$4,576	556 (10%)	$7,296
Average	4,979 (81.89%)	$5,355	2,244 (36.67%)	$4,722	928 (15.11%)	$5,449

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,734 (93.33 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $6,984. It can cover 62.94% of tuition & fees ($11,096) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 389 (21.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,303).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,655 (93%)	$6,190	380 (21%)	$5,258
2014-15	1,736 (93%)	$6,243	406 (22%)	$5,721
2015-16	1,702 (93%)	$6,435	395 (22%)	$5,729
2016-17	1,679 (94%)	$6,308	388 (22%)	$5,762
2017-18	1,707 (93%)	$6,663	368 (20%)	$6,314
2018-19	1,784 (92%)	$6,739	400 (21%)	$6,449
2019-20	1,815 (92%)	$7,234	409 (21%)	$7,331
2020-21	1,741 (95%)	$7,786	406 (22%)	$6,843
2021-22	1,789 (95%)	$9,256	351 (19%)	$7,324
Average	1,734 (93.33%)	$6,984	389 (21.11%)	$6,303

^*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, 671 (36.22 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,308.

In addition, 1,597 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (86.00 % 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	737 (42%)	$4,461	55 (3%)	$1,903	1,448 (82%)	$4,557	219 (12%)	$1,158
2014-15	743 (40%)	$4,554	27 (1%)	$1,138	1,548 (83%)	$4,646	189 (10%)	$1,223
2015-16	677 (37%)	$4,441	37 (2%)	$1,010	1,590 (87%)	$4,813	191 (10%)	$1,339
2016-17	624 (35%)	$4,573	7 (0%)	$1,107	1,600 (89%)	$4,711	111 (6%)	$1,731
2017-18	672 (37%)	$5,152	26 (1%)	$904	1,600 (88%)	$4,809	116 (6%)	$1,678
2018-19	678 (35%)	$5,206	88 (5%)	$647	1,682 (87%)	$4,866	131 (7%)	$1,918
2019-20	710 (36%)	$5,510	827 (42%)	$869	1,699 (86%)	$4,878	128 (7%)	$1,653
2020-21	603 (33%)	$7,045	1,313 (72%)	$804	1,602 (87%)	$4,943	160 (9%)	$2,082
2021-22	591 (31%)	$6,832	1,623 (86%)	$1,937	1,601 (85%)	$5,662	191 (10%)	$1,630
Average	671 (36.22%)	$5,308	445 (26.50%)	$1,147	1,597 (86.00%)	$4,876	160 (8.56%)	$1,601

^*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, 389 (21.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $389.

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	380 (21%)	$5,258	374 (21%)	$4,768	23 (1%)	$9,343
2014-15	406 (22%)	$5,721	394 (21%)	$5,222	32 (2%)	$8,280
2015-16	395 (22%)	$5,729	388 (21%)	$5,167	32 (2%)	$8,063
2016-17	388 (22%)	$5,762	375 (21%)	$4,930	37 (2%)	$10,461
2017-18	368 (20%)	$6,314	349 (19%)	$5,187	55 (3%)	$9,330
2018-19	400 (21%)	$6,449	370 (19%)	$5,089	65 (3%)	$10,718
2019-20	409 (21%)	$7,331	372 (19%)	$5,244	88 (4%)	$11,906
2020-21	406 (22%)	$6,843	374 (20%)	$5,070	68 (4%)	$12,973
2021-22	351 (19%)	$7,324	319 (17%)	$4,855	83 (4%)	$12,312
Average	389 (21.11%)	$6,303	368 (19.78%)	$5,059	54 (2.78%)	$10,376

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at TCTC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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