How Trident Technical'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 Trident Technical College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 11,028, which is 80.89 % of all undergraduate students. 4,052 students which is 28.33% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,637.

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	14,386 (82%)	$4,559	9,234 (53%)	$4,513	8,168 (47%)	$7,401
2014-15	13,307 (82%)	$4,907	8,298 (51%)	$4,687	6,762 (42%)	$7,003
2015-16	11,881 (79%)	$4,727	6,955 (46%)	$4,356	5,299 (35%)	$6,632
2016-17	10,537 (78%)	$6,742	5,569 (41%)	$4,204	3,640 (27%)	$6,049
2017-18	9,817 (74%)	$5,141	4,829 (36%)	$5,458	3,014 (23%)	$5,484
2018-19	9,177 (76%)	$5,827	4,115 (34%)	$6,440	2,918 (24%)	$4,545
2019-20	9,985 (81%)	$7,236	3,968 (32%)	$6,160	2,782 (23%)	$4,814
2020-21	9,828 (84%)	$6,205	3,191 (27%)	$6,044	2,061 (18%)	$4,191
2021-22	10,338 (92%)	$6,646	3,238 (29%)	$6,297	1,827 (16%)	$4,616
Average	11,028 (80.89%)	$5,777	5,489 (38.78%)	$5,351	4,052 (28.33%)	$5,637

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 1,299 (93.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,062. It can cover 82.06% of tuition & fees ($8,606) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 363 (25.11 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,457).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	1,788 (94%)	$4,909	724 (38%)	$5,844
2014-15	1,434 (94%)	$5,811	393 (26%)	$5,724
2015-16	1,453 (91%)	$5,408	382 (24%)	$5,743
2016-17	1,082 (91%)	$5,640	211 (18%)	$5,075
2017-18	1,291 (90%)	$6,079	488 (34%)	$3,628
2018-19	1,306 (93%)	$7,957	389 (28%)	$3,639
2019-20	1,133 (94%)	$9,767	288 (24%)	$3,816
2020-21	1,080 (92%)	$8,201	218 (19%)	$3,294
2021-22	1,126 (98%)	$9,789	177 (15%)	$3,346
Average	1,299 (93.00%)	$7,062	363 (25.11%)	$4,457

^*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, 712 (49.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,822.

In addition, 1,064 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (77.56 % 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	1,200 (63%)	$4,638	67 (4%)	$1,059	1,165 (62%)	$2,676	80 (4%)	$298
2014-15	876 (58%)	$4,818	74 (5%)	$1,235	1,100 (72%)	$3,593	88 (6%)	$781
2015-16	836 (52%)	$4,930	15 (1%)	$1,136	1,135 (71%)	$3,225	29 (2%)	$2,043
2016-17	597 (50%)	$4,623	43 (4%)	$1,202	1,009 (85%)	$3,185	41 (3%)	$1,885
2017-18	706 (49%)	$5,948	71 (5%)	$925	1,006 (70%)	$3,395	151 (11%)	$1,111
2018-19	680 (49%)	$6,924	280 (20%)	$643	1,180 (84%)	$4,492	189 (14%)	$1,076
2019-20	574 (47%)	$6,833	783 (65%)	$2,095	1,087 (90%)	$4,501	356 (29%)	$1,717
2020-21	458 (39%)	$6,776	876 (75%)	$844	922 (79%)	$4,473	380 (33%)	$2,344
2021-22	483 (42%)	$6,912	1,076 (94%)	$1,793	970 (85%)	$4,803	382 (33%)	$2,871
Average	712 (49.89%)	$5,822	365 (30.33%)	$1,215	1,064 (77.56%)	$3,816	188 (15.00%)	$1,570

^*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, 363 (25.11 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $363.

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	724 (38%)	$5,844	723 (38%)	$5,774	6 (0%)	$9,461
2014-15	393 (26%)	$5,724	391 (26%)	$5,709	2 (0%)	$8,786
2015-16	382 (24%)	$5,743	377 (24%)	$5,577	10 (1%)	$9,145
2016-17	211 (18%)	$5,075	205 (17%)	$5,048	7 (1%)	$5,157
2017-18	488 (34%)	$3,628	483 (34%)	$3,569	11 (1%)	$4,266
2018-19	389 (28%)	$3,639	382 (27%)	$3,244	34 (2%)	$5,188
2019-20	288 (24%)	$3,816	287 (24%)	$3,699	7 (1%)	$5,333
2020-21	218 (19%)	$3,294	218 (19%)	$3,095	6 (1%)	$7,228
2021-22	177 (15%)	$3,346	177 (15%)	$3,194	4 (0%)	$6,737
Average	363 (25.11%)	$4,457	360 (24.89%)	$4,323	10 (1.17%)	$6,811

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Trident Technical

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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