Financial Aid Trends for District of Columbia Colleges

6%

Received Percent Changed

$5,011

Received Amount Changes

For the academic year 2023-2024, 77% of students received grants and/or scholarships and its average aid amount is $20,812.

Compared to the percent of received 10 years ago, more students received the financial aid from 66% to 72%. The average financial aid amount has increased from $14,473 to $19,484 at District of Columbia Colleges.

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

The following table and chart show the trends of financial aid for all undergraduate students at District of Columbia Colleges since 2014. For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 32,443, which is 66.33 % of all undergraduate students.

20,946 students which is 43.11% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount: $6,972.

YearGrant or Scholarship*Pell GrantsFederal Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2014-1530,948 (66%)$14,47314,229 (39%)$4,16824,310 (53%)$7,787
2015-1630,519 (63%)$15,14713,578 (35%)$4,27522,008 (49%)$7,516
2016-1728,543 (67%)$15,76112,874 (35%)$4,45020,681 (45%)$7,626
2017-1830,759 (63%)$16,52213,296 (35%)$4,30521,199 (44%)$7,194
2018-1931,609 (62%)$18,69013,851 (34%)$4,52321,272 (43%)$7,403
2019-2032,750 (65%)$18,15714,431 (35%)$4,46721,662 (45%)$6,691
2020-2132,336 (65%)$18,34214,088 (34%)$4,61919,149 (39%)$6,730
2021-2237,043 (74%)$20,29914,307 (34%)$4,68920,682 (40%)$6,683
2022-2337,484 (72%)$19,48415,313 (36%)$5,20417,552 (30%)$5,120
Average32,443 (66.33%)$17,43113,996 (35.22%)$4,52220,946 (43.11%)$6,972
*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, 6,866 (75.11 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $19,672. It can cover 157.20% of tuition & fees ($12,514) based on out-of-state rate. In addition, 4,260 (46.67 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,971).

Year Grants or Scholarships*Student Loans
Number Received (percent**)Average AmountNumber Received (percent**)Average Amount
2014-156,462 (76%)$15,4134,786 (63%)$6,811
2015-166,573 (71%)$17,4604,355 (48%)$6,885
2016-175,593 (72%)$18,5183,745 (44%)$7,048
2017-187,261 (78%)$20,6694,759 (49%)$6,742
2018-196,871 (77%)$19,0624,203 (50%)$6,863
2019-206,876 (78%)$21,6854,270 (52%)$6,970
2020-216,537 (75%)$19,6933,227 (38%)$6,623
2021-228,016 (74%)$22,3514,571 (35%)$7,500
2022-237,605 (75%)$22,1934,422 (41%)$7,293
Average6,866 (75.11%)$19,6724,260 (46.67%)$6,971
*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, 2,249 (39.00 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,581. In addition, 443 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (14.11 % 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
2014-152,144 (46%)$4,117597 (17%)$2,3431,145 (21%)$2,9626,182 (59%)$15,765
2015-162,242 (40%)$4,319775 (13%)$2,084414 (15%)$2,7186,171 (54%)$15,163
2016-171,868 (40%)$4,602717 (13%)$2,415386 (14%)$3,4005,280 (63%)$19,213
2017-182,520 (39%)$4,535816 (13%)$2,446406 (14%)$3,3516,961 (71%)$19,774
2018-192,188 (42%)$4,457826 (13%)$2,376382 (14%)$3,4886,683 (69%)$19,717
2019-202,337 (38%)$4,9011,237 (20%)$2,163334 (10%)$3,2366,644 (70%)$20,829
2020-212,228 (36%)$4,6371,329 (28%)$2,432254 (10%)$2,6366,324 (66%)$18,871
2021-222,278 (32%)$4,6771,211 (17%)$2,229319 (13%)$4,2567,853 (62%)$20,127
2022-232,439 (38%)$4,984868 (16%)$2,399349 (16%)$4,4697,412 (60%)$19,238
Average2,249 (39.00%)$4,581931 (16.67%)$2,321443 (14.11%)$3,3916,612 (63.78%)$18,744

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. Over the past 10 years, on average, 4,260 (46.67 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $4,260.

YearTotalFederal student loansOther student loans
Number Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average AmountNumber Received (percent)Average Amount
2014-154,786 (63%)$6,8114,746 (62%)$5,952373 (4%)$14,267
2015-164,355 (48%)$6,8854,276 (48%)$5,770440 (5%)$15,462
2016-173,745 (44%)$7,0483,673 (44%)$5,937329 (4%)$19,989
2017-184,759 (49%)$6,7424,640 (48%)$5,446475 (5%)$17,210
2018-194,203 (50%)$6,8634,055 (49%)$5,354558 (5%)$16,263
2019-204,270 (52%)$6,9704,133 (51%)$5,067554 (5%)$19,009
2020-213,227 (38%)$6,6233,148 (37%)$4,428343 (4%)$20,339
2021-224,571 (35%)$7,5004,446 (34%)$5,057676 (5%)$21,489
2022-234,422 (41%)$7,2934,299 (40%)$4,693647 (5%)$22,298
Average4,260 (46.67%)$6,9714,157 (45.89%)$5,300488 (4.67%)$18,481