How GHC'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 Georgia Highlands College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 3,631, which is 63.73 % of all undergraduate students. 1,606 students which is 28.09% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $4,623.

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	3,110 (56%)	$4,521	2,754 (50%)	$4,401	2,065 (37%)	$3,832
2012-13	3,437 (62%)	$4,018	2,852 (52%)	$4,026	2,091 (38%)	$3,953
2013-14	3,371 (61%)	$4,150	2,757 (50%)	$4,042	2,000 (36%)	$3,845
2014-15	3,226 (60%)	$4,037	2,550 (48%)	$4,139	1,876 (35%)	$4,524
2015-16	3,486 (61%)	$3,921	2,648 (46%)	$3,943	1,806 (31%)	$4,406
2016-17	3,296 (55%)	$4,551	2,589 (43%)	$4,532	1,708 (28%)	$3,829
2017-18	3,721 (62%)	$4,054	2,602 (43%)	$4,224	1,503 (25%)	$3,934
2018-19	3,785 (61%)	$4,321	2,570 (42%)	$4,760	1,467 (24%)	$5,439
2019-20	3,734 (61%)	$5,043	2,562 (42%)	$4,808	1,313 (21%)	$5,369
2020-21	3,560 (63%)	$5,298	2,209 (39%)	$4,914	964 (17%)	$5,795
2021-22	5,213 (99%)	$3,897	1,997 (38%)	$4,922	869 (17%)	$5,928
Average	3,631 (63.73%)	$4,346	2,554 (44.82%)	$4,428	1,606 (28.09%)	$4,623

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

Overview

For the last 12 years, on average, 688 (76.18 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,759. It can cover 51.19% of tuition & fees ($9,296) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 218 (23.09 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,040).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	721 (70%)	$4,704	321 (31%)	$3,449
2012-13	681 (74%)	$4,434	290 (32%)	$3,428
2013-14	721 (71%)	$4,543	307 (30%)	$3,576
2014-15	742 (83%)	$3,895	294 (33%)	$3,220
2015-16	749 (73%)	$4,672	257 (25%)	$4,174
2016-17	706 (72%)	$4,848	211 (21%)	$3,446
2017-18	789 (76%)	$4,755	193 (18%)	$3,822
2018-19	720 (72%)	$5,056	208 (21%)	$4,845
2019-20	607 (74%)	$5,280	142 (17%)	$4,959
2020-21	473 (73%)	$5,216	79 (12%)	$5,078
2021-22	656 (100%)	$4,941	93 (14%)	$4,446
Average	688 (76.18%)	$4,759	218 (23.09%)	$4,040

^*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, 471 (51.09 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,812.

In addition, 358 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (39.73 % 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	606 (59%)	$4,555	21 (2%)	$500	278 (27%)	$2,232	-	-
2012-13	541 (59%)	$4,483	11 (1%)	$955	287 (31%)	$2,033	-	-
2013-14	540 (53%)	$4,407	29 (3%)	$879	352 (35%)	$2,473	-	-
2014-15	465 (52%)	$4,537	27 (3%)	$704	303 (34%)	$2,396	26 (3%)	$1,364
2015-16	525 (51%)	$4,615	70 (7%)	$979	423 (41%)	$2,372	2 (0%)	$2,452
2016-17	490 (50%)	$4,807	49 (5%)	$898	405 (41%)	$2,523	2 (0%)	$1,000
2017-18	524 (50%)	$4,785	26 (2%)	$981	494 (47%)	$2,453	9 (1%)	$792
2018-19	495 (49%)	$5,090	3 (0%)	$506	424 (42%)	$2,547	8 (1%)	$4,945
2019-20	419 (51%)	$5,241	37 (5%)	$2,050	336 (41%)	$2,622	12 (1%)	$4,329
2020-21	288 (44%)	$5,154	52 (8%)	$2,000	303 (46%)	$2,638	24 (4%)	$3,309
2021-22	288 (44%)	$5,260	654 (100%)	$1,097	338 (52%)	$2,643	28 (4%)	$4,153
Average	471 (51.09%)	$4,812	89 (13.60%)	$1,050	358 (39.73%)	$2,448	14 (2.33%)	$2,793

^*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, 218 (23.09 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $218.

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	321 (31%)	$3,449	321 (31%)	$3,449	-	-
2012-13	290 (32%)	$3,428	290 (32%)	$3,423	1 (0%)	$1,608
2013-14	307 (30%)	$3,576	307 (30%)	$3,328	34 (3%)	$2,244
2014-15	294 (33%)	$3,220	294 (33%)	$3,212	14 (2%)	$179
2015-16	257 (25%)	$4,174	257 (25%)	$3,767	35 (3%)	$2,989
2016-17	211 (21%)	$3,446	211 (21%)	$3,411	2 (0%)	$3,750
2017-18	193 (18%)	$3,822	193 (18%)	$3,744	4 (0%)	$3,788
2018-19	208 (21%)	$4,845	208 (21%)	$4,842	1 (0%)	$619
2019-20	142 (17%)	$4,959	142 (17%)	$4,959	-	-
2020-21	79 (12%)	$5,078	79 (12%)	$5,078	-	-
2021-22	93 (14%)	$4,446	93 (14%)	$4,446	-	-
Average	218 (23.09%)	$4,040	218 (23.09%)	$3,969	13 (2.67%)	$2,168

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at GHC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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