How OJC'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 Otero College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 936, which is 68.45 % of all undergraduate students. 324 students which is 23.45% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,012.

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	1,132 (73%)	$5,429	862 (56%)	$4,919	510 (33%)	$4,731
2012-13	1,088 (75%)	$4,753	708 (49%)	$4,905	379 (26%)	$4,687
2013-14	1,019 (70%)	$5,293	666 (46%)	$4,953	382 (26%)	$4,765
2014-15	1,008 (70%)	$6,720	594 (41%)	$5,156	328 (23%)	$4,449
2015-16	1,007 (71%)	$5,433	598 (42%)	$5,248	331 (23%)	$4,534
2016-17	937 (64%)	$6,030	566 (39%)	$5,175	316 (22%)	$4,995
2017-18	882 (66%)	$6,012	550 (41%)	$5,179	319 (24%)	$5,235
2018-19	849 (67%)	$6,363	501 (40%)	$5,347	320 (25%)	$4,950
2019-20	814 (64%)	$6,660	458 (36%)	$5,473	268 (21%)	$5,364
2020-21	750 (62%)	$6,668	411 (34%)	$5,416	201 (17%)	$5,671
2021-22	813 (71%)	$7,120	397 (34%)	$5,567	211 (18%)	$5,748
Average	936 (68.45%)	$6,044	574 (41.64%)	$5,213	324 (23.45%)	$5,012

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

Overview

For the last 12 years, on average, 213 (96.09 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $7,009. It can cover 99.44% of tuition & fees ($7,048) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 79 (35.55 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,756).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	206 (90%)	$6,561	114 (50%)	$4,870
2012-13	255 (97%)	$5,521	97 (37%)	$4,658
2013-14	182 (86%)	$6,818	69 (33%)	$4,666
2014-15	189 (99%)	$6,634	76 (40%)	$4,525
2015-16	213 (99%)	$6,573	81 (38%)	$4,759
2016-17	220 (95%)	$6,448	76 (33%)	$5,136
2017-18	277 (99%)	$6,756	109 (39%)	$4,675
2018-19	236 (96%)	$7,649	91 (37%)	$4,693
2019-20	229 (100%)	$8,448	69 (30%)	$4,319
2020-21	172 (97%)	$6,554	51 (29%)	$5,410
2021-22	164 (99%)	$9,132	41 (25%)	$4,604
Average	213 (96.09%)	$7,009	79 (35.55%)	$4,756

^*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, 118 (52.82 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $5,017.

In addition, 105 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (46.55 % 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	154 (68%)	$4,825	17 (7%)	$2,019	133 (58%)	$549	139 (61%)	$3,606
2012-13	158 (60%)	$4,652	5 (2%)	$1,700	150 (57%)	$505	191 (73%)	$3,081
2013-14	104 (49%)	$4,887	10 (5%)	$1,735	90 (43%)	$511	144 (68%)	$4,647
2014-15	99 (52%)	$4,964	9 (5%)	$2,082	86 (45%)	$544	166 (87%)	$4,198
2015-16	106 (49%)	$4,909	7 (3%)	$2,200	91 (42%)	$800	179 (83%)	$4,421
2016-17	99 (43%)	$4,680	4 (2%)	$1,590	89 (38%)	$1,091	198 (85%)	$4,302
2017-18	148 (53%)	$5,306	9 (3%)	$3,081	132 (47%)	$1,151	247 (88%)	$3,669
2018-19	140 (57%)	$5,153	8 (3%)	$2,625	129 (53%)	$1,286	206 (84%)	$4,354
2019-20	126 (55%)	$5,307	154 (67%)	$1,186	121 (53%)	$1,354	201 (87%)	$4,575
2020-21	90 (51%)	$4,804	118 (67%)	$927	72 (41%)	$3,403	104 (59%)	$3,274
2021-22	72 (44%)	$5,698	161 (98%)	$1,436	58 (35%)	$1,559	149 (90%)	$5,140
Average	118 (52.82%)	$5,017	46 (23.82%)	$1,871	105 (46.55%)	$1,159	175 (78.64%)	$4,115

^*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, 79 (35.55 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $79.

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	114 (50%)	$4,870	114 (50%)	$4,870	-	-
2012-13	97 (37%)	$4,658	97 (37%)	$4,658	-	-
2013-14	69 (33%)	$4,666	69 (33%)	$4,666	-	-
2014-15	76 (40%)	$4,525	76 (40%)	$4,525	-	-
2015-16	81 (38%)	$4,759	81 (38%)	$4,759	-	-
2016-17	76 (33%)	$5,136	76 (33%)	$5,136	-	-
2017-18	109 (39%)	$4,675	109 (39%)	$4,675	-	-
2018-19	91 (37%)	$4,693	91 (37%)	$4,693	-	-
2019-20	69 (30%)	$4,319	69 (30%)	$4,319	-	-
2020-21	51 (29%)	$5,410	51 (29%)	$5,410	-	-
2021-22	41 (25%)	$4,604	41 (25%)	$4,604	-	-
Average	79 (35.55%)	$4,756	79 (35.55%)	$4,756	-	-

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Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at OJC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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