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.

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table shows 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.

YearGrant or Scholarship*Pell GrantsFederal Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2013-14115 (99%)$25,63559 (51%)$4,12072 (62%)$7,073
2014-15112 (99%)$34,98364 (57%)$4,59275 (66%)$6,879
2015-16115 (98%)$12,32662 (53%)$2,11279 (68%)$3,680
2016-17121 (83%)$12,91967 (46%)$5,32077 (53%)$4,691
2017-18132 (86%)$23,98768 (44%)$4,33573 (47%)$7,282
2018-19134 (99%)$26,45469 (51%)$4,43261 (45%)$3,557
2019-20120 (82%)$30,43459 (40%)$4,94972 (49%)$6,145
2020-21123 (88%)$31,49661 (44%)$4,50179 (57%)$6,393
2021-22108 (86%)$28,23747 (37%)$5,19148 (38%)$8,877
Average120 (91.11%)$25,16362 (47.00%)$4,39571 (53.89%)$6,064
*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.

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

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
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2013-1417 (100%)$21,9829 (53%)$8,789
2014-1521 (100%)$23,98013 (62%)$8,281
2015-1624 (96%)$21,91721 (84%)$5,981
2016-1727 (100%)$14,40318 (67%)$4,577
2017-1828 (100%)$26,29315 (54%)$7,309
2018-1918 (95%)$27,75514 (74%)$9,205
2019-2024 (100%)$33,62715 (63%)$4,693
2020-2115 (100%)$36,95010 (67%)$5,471
2021-2217 (100%)$31,07811 (65%)$8,508
Average21 (99.00%)$26,44314 (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.

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) GrantsOther Federal State/Local governmentInstitutional
Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount
2013-1410 (59%)$4,880--6 (35%)$1,42516 (94%)$19,772
2014-1511 (52%)$4,772--7 (33%)$3,33021 (100%)$20,370
2015-1611 (44%)$4,250--4 (16%)$1,88824 (96%)$19,654
2016-1715 (56%)$2,476--7 (26%)$85727 (100%)$12,805
2017-1813 (46%)$4,3173 (11%)$5768 (29%)$3,88128 (100%)$23,118
2018-1914 (74%)$4,4191 (5%)$1,0006 (32%)$1,57116 (84%)$26,706
2019-2016 (67%)$4,36721 (88%)$1,6286 (25%)$4,55024 (100%)$28,153
2020-219 (60%)$5,01713 (87%)$1,8172 (13%)$6,15015 (100%)$31,545
2021-229 (53%)$6,45613 (76%)$2,1033 (18%)$1,69717 (100%)$25,752
Average12 (56.78%)$4,55010 (53.40%)$1,4255 (25.22%)$2,81721 (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.

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.

YearTotalFederal student loansOther student loans
Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount
2013-149 (53%)$8,7899 (53%)$5,5002 (12%)$14,801
2014-1513 (62%)$8,28113 (62%)$4,4946 (29%)$8,205
2015-1621 (84%)$5,98114 (56%)$3,5867 (28%)$10,771
2016-1718 (67%)$4,57718 (67%)$2,8196 (22%)$5,276
2017-1815 (54%)$7,30915 (54%)$5,7292 (7%)$11,850
2018-1914 (74%)$9,20514 (74%)$5,8976 (32%)$7,719
2019-2015 (63%)$4,69315 (63%)$4,693--
2020-2110 (67%)$5,4719 (60%)$5,2461 (7%)$7,500
2021-2211 (65%)$8,5089 (53%)$5,2784 (24%)$11,521
Average14 (65.44%)$6,97913 (60.22%)$4,8054 (20.13%)$9,705

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