Financial Aid at Essex

Average Amount Received	% Received Financial Aid
$5,426	93%

5,683 students (93% of total 6,131 undergraduate students) have awarded federal, state, local, institutional or other sources of grant aid at Essex County College.

The average amount of the aid awarded is $5,426. For the first-time, full-time beginning students (freshmen), 99% of total 834 enrolled students have received any kind of financial aid and its average amount of aid received is $6,756.

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All Undergraduate Financial Aid

At Essex County College, 5,683 undergraduate students (93% of total 6,131 students) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans.The average amount of aid received is $5,426.

Financial Aid Statistics (All Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or Scholarship	5,683	93%	$30,838,642	$5,426
Pell Grants	3,161	52%	$13,237,571	$4,188
Federal Student Loan	-	-%	-	-

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

826 beginning undergraduate students (99% of total 834 enrolled freshmen) have received financial aid including grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Essex County College. The average amount of aid received is $6,756.

Financial Aid Statistics (First-time Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students)
Type of Aid	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	826	99%	-	-
Grants or Scholarships	826	99%	$5,580,603	$6,756
Federal Grants	825	99%	$4,511,290	$5,468
Pell Grants	557	67%	$2,835,747	$5,091
Other Federal Grants	822	99%	$1,675,543	$2,038
State/Local Grants	364	44%	$957,588	$2,631
Institutional Grants	24	3%	$111,725	$4,655
Student Loan Aid	2	-	$3,758	$1,879
Federal Student Loans	-	-	-	-
Other Student Loans	2	-	$3,758	$1,879

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

The next table shows the number of students awarded and the average grants/scholarship aid amount by income level for the academic year 2021-2022 at Essex County College.

The sources of grants and scholarship aid are the federal government, state/local government, or the institution. For the statistics, only students who paid the in-state or in-district tuition rate are considered.

Grants of Scholarship Aid Statistics By Income Level
Income Level	Number of Students	Number of Students Awarded	Total Amount Aid Awarded	Average Amount Aid Awarded
All level	527	527	$3,546,196	$6,729
0-30,000	343	343	$2,455,145	$7,158
30,001-48,000	101	101	$696,283	$6,894
48,001-75,000	73	73	$366,660	$5,023
75,001-110,000	10	10	$28,108	$2,811
110,001 or more	-	-	-	-

Financial Aid at Essex

All Undergraduate Financial Aid

Beginning Undergraduate Students (Freshmen) Financial Aid

Grants and Scholarship Aid By Income Level (Paying In-State Tuition)

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