College of the Desert Financial Aid Trends

Over the past 8 years (2011-2018), the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,266 (72.71 % of all undergraduate students) and 377 (4.00 % of all undergraduate students) students received the federal student loans (average loan amount : $5,016). For full-time beginning students (freshmen), 731 (80.43 % of students) received grants or scholarships and 14 received the student loans in average.

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All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

Next table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate student at College of the Desert since 2018. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 7,266 (72.71 % of all undergraduate students) and 377 (4.00 % of all undergraduate students) students received the federal student loans (average loan amount : $5,016).

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	6,240 (66%)	$3,318	4,268 (45%)	$3,332	375 (4%)	$4,949
2012-13	6,548 (72%)	$3,280	4,122 (45%)	$3,345	379 (4%)	$5,083
2013-14	6,958 (75%)	$3,257	4,225 (46%)	$3,384	-	-
2014-15	7,362 (76%)	$3,215	4,178 (43%)	$3,467	-	-
2015-16	7,755 (74%)	$3,252	4,190 (40%)	$3,526	-	-
2016-17	7,681 (71%)	$3,250	4,135 (38%)	$3,523	-	-
2017-18	8,317 (75%)	$3,543	4,502 (40%)	$3,727	-	-
Average	7,266 (72.71%)	$3,302	4,231 (42.43%)	$3,472	377 (4.00%)	$5,016

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time of College of the Desert

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentile of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

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

For last 7 years, in average, 731 (80.43 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,176. In addition, 14 (4.33 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $8,081).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	563 (75%)	$4,845	60 (8%)	$5,043
2012-13	484 (78%)	$4,982	24 (4%)	$4,797
2013-14	583 (77%)	$5,088	4 (1%)	$4,591
2014-15	626 (80%)	$5,183	1 (0%)	$17,388
2015-16	748 (80%)	$5,310	2 (0%)	$5,250
2016-17	843 (82%)	$5,258	2 (0%)	$8,499
2017-18	1,267 (91%)	$5,569	2 (0%)	$11,000
Average	731 (80.43%)	$5,176	14 (4.33%)	$8,081

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentile of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students.

Next table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For last 7 years, in average, 547 (60.71 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,509. In addition, 705 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (77.71 % 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	458 (61%)	$4,372	31 (4%)	$444	547 (73%)	$1,290	5 (1%)	$1,100
2012-13	376 (60%)	$4,431	33 (5%)	$311	470 (75%)	$1,564	-	-
2013-14	461 (61%)	$4,447	26 (3%)	$250	563 (75%)	$1,615	-	-
2014-15	476 (60%)	$4,546	31 (4%)	$914	616 (78%)	$1,705	34 (4%)	$59
2015-16	572 (61%)	$4,451	84 (9%)	$887	731 (78%)	$1,827	10 (1%)	$1,600
2016-17	612 (60%)	$4,545	37 (4%)	$743	829 (81%)	$1,956	5 (0%)	$400
2017-18	873 (62%)	$4,768	75 (5%)	$767	1,180 (84%)	$2,290	296 (21%)	$452
Average	547 (60.71%)	$4,509	45 (4.86%)	$617	705 (77.71%)	$1,750	70 (6.75%)	$722

^*Grant or scholarship aid includes aid received, from the federal government, state or local government, the institution, and other sources known by the institution.

^**percentile of number of students receiving aids among all undergraduate students..

Next table describes number of students and average amount of loans by loan type. Next table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. For last 7 years, in average, 14 (4.33 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $14.

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	60 (8%)	$5,043	60 (8%)	$4,618	3 (0%)	$8,500
2012-13	24 (4%)	$4,797	24 (4%)	$4,547	1 (0%)	$6,000
2013-14	4 (1%)	$4,591	-	-	4 (1%)	$4,591
2014-15	1 (0%)	$17,388	-	-	1 (0%)	$17,388
2015-16	2 (0%)	$5,250	-	-	2 (0%)	$5,250
2016-17	2 (0%)	$8,499	-	-	2 (0%)	$8,499
2017-18	2 (0%)	$11,000	-	-	2 (0%)	$11,000
Average	14 (4.33%)	$8,081	42 (6.00%)	$4,583	2 (1.00%)	$8,747

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