How VHCC'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 Virginia Highlands Community College since 2013.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 1,295, which is 54.33 % of all undergraduate students.

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	1,370 (55%)	$3,523	1,094 (44%)	$3,366	-	-
2014-15	1,372 (55%)	$3,652	1,114 (44%)	$3,437	-	-
2015-16	1,214 (51%)	$3,467	969 (41%)	$3,479	-	-
2016-17	1,276 (51%)	$3,784	1,043 (42%)	$3,696	-	-
2017-18	1,210 (52%)	$3,748	982 (42%)	$3,652	-	-
2018-19	1,199 (50%)	$3,943	977 (41%)	$3,877	-	-
2019-20	1,242 (54%)	$4,455	984 (43%)	$3,850	-	-
2020-21	1,126 (54%)	$4,132	898 (43%)	$3,751	-	-
2021-22	1,646 (67%)	$4,411	1,108 (45%)	$3,614	-	-
Average	1,295 (54.33%)	$3,902	1,019 (42.78%)	$3,636	-	-

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

Overview

For the last 10 years, on average, 267 (81.78 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,865. It can cover 44.77% of tuition & fees ($10,866) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 3 (1.29 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $5,651).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2013-14	267 (81%)	$4,364	5 (2%)	$6,060
2014-15	310 (80%)	$4,613	2 (1%)	$3,757
2015-16	271 (80%)	$4,467	2 (1%)	$9,000
2016-17	278 (80%)	$4,650	4 (1%)	$3,675
2017-18	231 (79%)	$5,007	6 (2%)	$5,313
2018-19	245 (77%)	$5,178	1 (0%)	$10,000
2019-20	286 (86%)	$5,524	4 (1%)	$3,816
2020-21	202 (76%)	$5,168	2 (1%)	$2,681
2021-22	312 (97%)	$4,816	1 (0%)	$6,553
Average	267 (81.78%)	$4,865	3 (1.29%)	$5,651

^*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, 218 (66.78 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,312.

In addition, 191 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (58.22 % 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	216 (66%)	$4,006	102 (31%)	$270	172 (52%)	$1,145	57 (17%)	$1,325
2014-15	268 (69%)	$4,057	159 (41%)	$205	261 (68%)	$958	56 (15%)	$1,074
2015-16	225 (67%)	$4,137	103 (31%)	$196	216 (64%)	$893	60 (18%)	$1,109
2016-17	239 (69%)	$4,300	73 (21%)	$363	231 (67%)	$836	48 (14%)	$942
2017-18	196 (67%)	$4,472	81 (28%)	$238	156 (53%)	$1,392	50 (17%)	$874
2018-19	208 (66%)	$4,658	41 (13%)	$398	153 (48%)	$1,397	52 (16%)	$1,340
2019-20	238 (71%)	$4,451	214 (64%)	$935	209 (63%)	$1,200	56 (17%)	$1,243
2020-21	166 (62%)	$4,359	98 (37%)	$780	148 (56%)	$1,291	43 (16%)	$1,230
2021-22	206 (64%)	$4,372	303 (94%)	$1,001	172 (53%)	$1,290	56 (17%)	$1,371
Average	218 (66.78%)	$4,312	130 (40.00%)	$487	191 (58.22%)	$1,156	53 (16.33%)	$1,168

^*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, 3 (1.29 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $3.

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	5 (2%)	$6,060	-	-	5 (2%)	$6,060
2014-15	2 (1%)	$3,757	-	-	2 (1%)	$3,757
2015-16	2 (1%)	$9,000	-	-	2 (1%)	$9,000
2016-17	4 (1%)	$3,675	-	-	4 (1%)	$3,675
2017-18	6 (2%)	$5,313	-	-	6 (2%)	$5,313
2018-19	1 (0%)	$10,000	-	-	1 (0%)	$10,000
2019-20	4 (1%)	$3,816	-	-	4 (1%)	$3,816
2020-21	2 (1%)	$2,681	-	-	2 (1%)	$2,681
2021-22	1 (0%)	$6,553	-	-	1 (0%)	$6,553
Average	3 (1.29%)	$5,651	-	-	3 (1.29%)	$5,651

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at VHCC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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