Financial Aid Trends for American Samoa Colleges

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Received Percent Changed

$2,918

Received Amount Changes

For the academic year 2023-2024, 78% of students received grants and/or scholarships and its average aid amount is $6,078.

Compared to the percent of received 10 years ago, less students received the financial aid from 81% to 69%. The average financial aid amount has increased from $2,362 to $5,280 at American Samoa Colleges.

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at American Samoa Colleges since 2014. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 940, which is 80.78 % of all undergraduate students.

YearGrant or Scholarship*Pell GrantsFederal Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2014-151,033 (81%)$2,3621,033 (81%)$2,327--
2015-161,117 (87%)$2,1321,117 (87%)$1,983--
2016-171,064 (85%)$3,8091,064 (85%)$2,129--
2017-18818 (75%)$4,995818 (75%)$4,791--
2018-19743 (72%)$5,341737 (71%)$5,187--
2019-20851 (82%)$5,225817 (79%)$4,000--
2020-21872 (81%)$3,131801 (74%)$2,711--
2021-221,237 (95%)$5,090864 (66%)$5,066--
2022-23721 (69%)$5,280706 (67%)$5,071--
Average940 (80.78%)$4,152884 (76.11%)$3,696--
*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.

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

Over the past 10 years, on average, 236 (88.67 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,654. It can cover 83.10% of tuition & fees ($5,600) based on out-of-state rate.

Year Grants or Scholarships*Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2014-15272 (84%)$3,196--
2015-16242 (92%)$2,946--
2016-17272 (93%)$3,014--
2017-18245 (91%)$5,748--
2018-19220 (87%)$5,658--
2019-20214 (92%)$5,328--
2020-21244 (87%)$4,583--
2021-22270 (100%)$5,143--
2022-23144 (72%)$6,267--
Average236 (88.67%)$4,654--
*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.

The following table shows the trends of grants or scholarships over time. Over the past 10 years, on average, 229 (85.89 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,362. In addition, 23 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (8.44 % of students).

YearFederal (Pell) GrantsOther Federal State/Local governmentInstitutional
Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount
2014-15271 (84%)$2,842137 (43%)$10248 (15%)$1,7215 (2%)$500
2015-16242 (92%)$2,72499 (38%)$10030 (11%)$1,3735 (2%)$500
2016-17272 (93%)$2,758184 (63%)$10733 (11%)$1,516--
2017-18245 (91%)$5,472163 (61%)$14421 (8%)$2,0482 (1%)$500
2018-19220 (87%)$5,444154 (61%)$16612 (5%)$1,6673 (1%)$433
2019-20202 (87%)$5,35612 (5%)$98514 (6%)$3,321--
2020-21244 (87%)$2,854244 (87%)$1,38322 (8%)$3,62413 (5%)$362
2021-22220 (81%)$5,780149 (55%)$16626 (10%)$3,5222 (1%)$345
2022-23141 (71%)$6,03098 (49%)$3994 (2%)$3,0003 (2%)$357
Average229 (85.89%)$4,362138 (51.33%)$39523 (8.44%)$2,4215 (2.00%)$428