How USCA'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 University of South Carolina Aiken since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 2,424, which is 74.00 % of all undergraduate students. 1,774 students which is 54.22% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $6,950.

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	1,814 (57%)	$6,196	1,270 (40%)	$4,241	1,797 (57%)	$7,067
2014-15	2,332 (72%)	$5,614	1,330 (41%)	$4,147	1,951 (60%)	$7,435
2015-16	2,371 (71%)	$5,818	1,387 (41%)	$4,247	1,980 (59%)	$7,243
2016-17	2,417 (72%)	$6,045	1,370 (41%)	$4,294	1,957 (58%)	$6,983
2017-18	2,456 (73%)	$6,168	1,403 (42%)	$4,646	1,838 (55%)	$6,948
2018-19	2,436 (73%)	$6,259	1,351 (40%)	$4,795	1,793 (54%)	$6,826
2019-20	2,510 (77%)	$6,644	1,262 (39%)	$4,956	1,656 (51%)	$6,762
2020-21	2,577 (78%)	$6,398	1,228 (37%)	$4,817	1,573 (48%)	$6,614
2021-22	2,899 (93%)	$7,204	1,162 (37%)	$5,058	1,421 (46%)	$6,672
Average	2,424 (74.00%)	$6,261	1,307 (39.78%)	$4,578	1,774 (54.22%)	$6,950

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 528 (93.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,307. It can cover 34.44% of tuition & fees ($21,218) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 336 (59.22 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,813).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	523 (88%)	$6,110	382 (64%)	$5,740
2014-15	527 (89%)	$6,290	378 (64%)	$6,086
2015-16	526 (90%)	$6,684	371 (64%)	$6,173
2016-17	565 (92%)	$6,753	373 (61%)	$5,700
2017-18	529 (93%)	$6,748	338 (60%)	$5,518
2018-19	510 (94%)	$7,226	328 (61%)	$6,036
2019-20	534 (96%)	$8,311	304 (55%)	$6,157
2020-21	514 (95%)	$7,746	280 (52%)	$5,305
2021-22	523 (100%)	$9,891	271 (52%)	$5,605
Average	528 (93.00%)	$7,307	336 (59.22%)	$5,813

^*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, 252 (44.33 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,772.

In addition, 445 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (78.56 % 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	269 (45%)	$4,431	20 (3%)	$1,097	375 (63%)	$4,149	146 (25%)	$2,916
2014-15	246 (41%)	$4,193	21 (4%)	$1,376	437 (73%)	$4,261	143 (24%)	$2,746
2015-16	253 (43%)	$4,634	13 (2%)	$1,476	459 (79%)	$4,482	126 (22%)	$2,118
2016-17	274 (44%)	$4,541	17 (3%)	$1,384	471 (76%)	$4,517	162 (26%)	$2,594
2017-18	260 (46%)	$4,737	22 (4%)	$1,687	467 (83%)	$4,264	122 (22%)	$2,534
2018-19	265 (49%)	$4,878	42 (8%)	$1,430	443 (82%)	$4,364	155 (29%)	$2,578
2019-20	253 (46%)	$5,003	380 (68%)	$976	453 (81%)	$4,834	201 (36%)	$3,043
2020-21	208 (39%)	$5,050	327 (61%)	$816	444 (82%)	$4,465	206 (38%)	$3,310
2021-22	239 (46%)	$5,478	520 (99%)	$1,757	459 (88%)	$5,005	197 (38%)	$3,314
Average	252 (44.33%)	$4,772	151 (28.00%)	$1,333	445 (78.56%)	$4,482	162 (28.89%)	$2,795

^*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, 336 (59.22 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $336.

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	382 (64%)	$5,740	377 (63%)	$5,190	25 (4%)	$9,447
2014-15	378 (64%)	$6,086	374 (63%)	$5,680	22 (4%)	$8,011
2015-16	371 (64%)	$6,173	367 (63%)	$5,624	23 (4%)	$9,825
2016-17	373 (61%)	$5,700	368 (60%)	$5,291	24 (4%)	$7,461
2017-18	338 (60%)	$5,518	337 (60%)	$5,241	16 (3%)	$6,179
2018-19	328 (61%)	$6,036	324 (60%)	$5,195	32 (6%)	$9,267
2019-20	304 (55%)	$6,157	298 (54%)	$5,331	30 (5%)	$9,432
2020-21	280 (52%)	$5,305	270 (50%)	$4,789	24 (4%)	$8,017
2021-22	271 (52%)	$5,605	268 (51%)	$4,990	21 (4%)	$8,652
Average	336 (59.22%)	$5,813	331 (58.22%)	$5,259	24 (4.22%)	$8,477

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at USCA

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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