How BCC'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 Bristol Community College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 4,526, which is 56.82 % of all undergraduate students. 2,056 students which is 26.09% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $3,630.

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
2011-12	5,217 (58%)	$4,141	3,863 (43%)	$3,309	1,908 (21%)	$3,110
2012-13	4,495 (50%)	$3,321	3,843 (43%)	$3,199	1,930 (21%)	$3,127
2013-14	4,912 (53%)	$3,494	4,242 (45%)	$3,351	2,233 (24%)	$3,238
2014-15	6,013 (65%)	$4,174	4,370 (48%)	$3,359	2,125 (23%)	$3,207
2015-16	4,968 (57%)	$3,531	4,125 (47%)	$3,513	2,402 (27%)	$2,989
2016-17	4,782 (56%)	$3,439	3,995 (47%)	$3,270	2,323 (27%)	$3,084
2017-18	4,393 (58%)	$3,824	3,661 (48%)	$3,761	2,089 (27%)	$3,135
2018-19	3,692 (51%)	$4,038	3,245 (45%)	$3,587	1,672 (23%)	$3,598
2019-20	4,559 (67%)	$3,461	3,169 (46%)	$3,717	1,930 (28%)	$3,325
2020-21	3,403 (54%)	$5,024	2,764 (44%)	$3,934	2,050 (33%)	$5,583
2021-22	3,356 (56%)	$4,561	2,815 (47%)	$4,111	1,956 (33%)	$5,533
Average	4,526 (56.82%)	$3,910	3,645 (45.73%)	$3,556	2,056 (26.09%)	$3,630

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

Overview

For the last 12 years, on average, 762 (66.00 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,495. It can cover 43.40% of tuition & fees ($10,356) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 360 (31.64 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $3,899).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	718 (49%)	$4,659	401 (28%)	$3,609
2012-13	858 (63%)	$3,637	394 (29%)	$3,761
2013-14	992 (66%)	$4,082	447 (30%)	$3,567
2014-15	955 (69%)	$4,058	390 (28%)	$3,672
2015-16	839 (69%)	$4,138	396 (33%)	$3,447
2016-17	831 (67%)	$4,028	432 (35%)	$3,429
2017-18	772 (72%)	$4,483	324 (30%)	$3,585
2018-19	694 (70%)	$4,535	276 (28%)	$4,002
2019-20	701 (70%)	$4,980	313 (31%)	$3,738
2020-21	535 (66%)	$5,225	312 (39%)	$5,116
2021-22	489 (65%)	$5,620	279 (37%)	$4,965
Average	762 (66.00%)	$4,495	360 (31.64%)	$3,899

^*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 12 years, on average, 631 (54.18 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,245.

In addition, 664 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (57.55 % 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
2011-12	718 (49%)	$3,824	117 (8%)	$312	703 (48%)	$766	30 (2%)	$805
2012-13	677 (50%)	$3,767	106 (8%)	$280	717 (53%)	$723	21 (2%)	$1,061
2013-14	850 (57%)	$3,941	116 (8%)	$226	885 (59%)	$734	20 (1%)	$1,174
2014-15	796 (57%)	$3,957	120 (9%)	$365	799 (58%)	$826	15 (1%)	$1,493
2015-16	687 (56%)	$4,034	115 (9%)	$500	709 (58%)	$881	13 (1%)	$1,410
2016-17	666 (53%)	$3,919	105 (8%)	$495	685 (55%)	$984	6 (0%)	$1,957
2017-18	610 (57%)	$4,405	104 (10%)	$412	673 (63%)	$1,051	12 (1%)	$1,978
2018-19	536 (54%)	$4,445	98 (10%)	$501	629 (64%)	$1,111	14 (1%)	$1,230
2019-20	574 (57%)	$4,712	129 (13%)	$406	613 (61%)	$1,150	13 (1%)	$2,245
2020-21	422 (52%)	$4,776	83 (10%)	$1,270	466 (58%)	$1,437	5 (1%)	$1,000
2021-22	405 (54%)	$4,910	104 (14%)	$776	424 (56%)	$1,585	4 (1%)	$1,743
Average	631 (54.18%)	$4,245	109 (9.73%)	$504	664 (57.55%)	$1,023	14 (1.20%)	$1,463

^*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 12 years, on average, 360 (31.64 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $360.

Year	Total		Federal student loans		Other student loans
Year	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent)	Average Amount
2011-12	401 (28%)	$3,609	397 (27%)	$3,636	4 (0%)	$935
2012-13	394 (29%)	$3,761	388 (29%)	$3,685	8 (1%)	$6,490
2013-14	447 (30%)	$3,567	439 (29%)	$3,506	8 (1%)	$6,917
2014-15	390 (28%)	$3,672	388 (28%)	$3,641	4 (0%)	$4,889
2015-16	396 (33%)	$3,447	394 (32%)	$3,448	2 (0%)	$3,265
2016-17	432 (35%)	$3,429	427 (34%)	$3,414	5 (0%)	$4,753
2017-18	324 (30%)	$3,585	321 (30%)	$3,532	7 (1%)	$3,933
2018-19	276 (28%)	$4,002	274 (28%)	$3,940	4 (0%)	$6,229
2019-20	313 (31%)	$3,738	310 (31%)	$3,709	5 (0%)	$4,030
2020-21	312 (39%)	$5,116	308 (38%)	$5,077	5 (1%)	$6,542
2021-22	279 (37%)	$4,965	278 (37%)	$4,973	1 (0%)	$3,000
Average	360 (31.64%)	$3,899	357 (31.18%)	$3,869	5 (1.00%)	$4,635

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at BCC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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