How Pierce College'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 Los Angeles Pierce College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 11,049, which is 57.18 % of all undergraduate students. 714 students which is 3.90% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $7,425.

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	11,228 (55%)	$2,816	6,676 (33%)	$3,476	1,241 (6%)	$6,593
2012-13	11,598 (58%)	$2,945	6,703 (34%)	$3,544	1,172 (6%)	$7,084
2013-14	12,434 (61%)	$2,986	7,015 (34%)	$3,611	1,065 (5%)	$7,216
2014-15	12,994 (62%)	$3,472	7,173 (34%)	$4,302	61 (0%)	$5,281
2015-16	12,481 (60%)	$2,970	6,582 (32%)	$3,665	928 (4%)	$7,346
2016-17	11,896 (58%)	$2,917	6,178 (30%)	$3,592	828 (4%)	$7,531
2017-18	11,285 (59%)	$2,926	5,358 (28%)	$3,794	678 (4%)	$7,676
2018-19	10,292 (56%)	$3,149	4,884 (27%)	$4,088	580 (3%)	$7,938
2019-20	10,374 (55%)	$3,308	5,375 (29%)	$3,982	558 (3%)	$8,239
2020-21	8,979 (52%)	$3,736	4,255 (25%)	$4,208	387 (2%)	$8,626
2021-22	7,980 (53%)	$4,771	3,916 (26%)	$4,020	354 (2%)	$8,142
Average	11,049 (57.18%)	$3,272	5,829 (30.18%)	$3,844	714 (3.90%)	$7,425

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 871 (70.36 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $5,426. It can cover 53.57% of tuition & fees ($10,130) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 38 (3.60 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $6,737).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	611 (69%)	$4,829	71 (8%)	$5,572
2012-13	586 (68%)	$5,076	51 (6%)	$5,816
2013-14	918 (74%)	$5,158	67 (5%)	$6,733
2014-15	1,015 (74%)	$5,486	5 (0%)	$8,886
2015-16	907 (72%)	$5,026	55 (4%)	$6,704
2016-17	867 (71%)	$5,390	57 (5%)	$7,812
2017-18	1,034 (75%)	$4,871	42 (3%)	$5,869
2018-19	945 (68%)	$5,238	27 (2%)	$6,558
2019-20	1,096 (70%)	$5,306	23 (1%)	$6,065
2020-21	745 (63%)	$6,155	6 (1%)	$5,901
2021-22	860 (70%)	$7,154	17 (1%)	$8,188
Average	871 (70.36%)	$5,426	38 (3.60%)	$6,737

^*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. For the last 12 years, on average, 630 (51.09 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,818.

In addition, 846 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (68.09 % 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	504 (57%)	$4,456	42 (5%)	$381	576 (65%)	$1,196	-	-
2012-13	470 (54%)	$4,610	25 (3%)	$376	559 (64%)	$1,429	-	-
2013-14	740 (60%)	$4,584	105 (8%)	$381	877 (71%)	$1,485	-	-
2014-15	801 (58%)	$4,960	59 (4%)	$750	978 (71%)	$1,586	-	-
2015-16	663 (53%)	$4,709	69 (5%)	$374	895 (71%)	$1,576	-	-
2016-17	637 (52%)	$4,755	180 (15%)	$384	846 (69%)	$1,862	-	-
2017-18	641 (46%)	$4,690	131 (9%)	$373	1,010 (73%)	$1,962	-	-
2018-19	613 (44%)	$5,059	109 (8%)	$482	920 (67%)	$1,952	-	-
2019-20	787 (50%)	$4,912	145 (9%)	$552	1,082 (69%)	$1,727	-	-
2020-21	489 (41%)	$5,172	665 (56%)	$664	730 (61%)	$2,213	-	-
2021-22	580 (47%)	$5,086	848 (69%)	$1,874	833 (68%)	$1,937	-	-
Average	630 (51.09%)	$4,818	216 (17.36%)	$599	846 (68.09%)	$1,720	-	-

^*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 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, 38 (3.60 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $38.

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	71 (8%)	$5,572	71 (8%)	$5,572	-	-
2012-13	51 (6%)	$5,816	51 (6%)	$5,816	-	-
2013-14	67 (5%)	$6,733	67 (5%)	$6,733	-	-
2014-15	5 (0%)	$8,886	3 (0%)	$12,947	2 (0%)	$2,795
2015-16	55 (4%)	$6,704	55 (4%)	$6,704	-	-
2016-17	57 (5%)	$7,812	55 (4%)	$7,720	3 (0%)	$6,883
2017-18	42 (3%)	$5,869	42 (3%)	$5,869	-	-
2018-19	27 (2%)	$6,558	27 (2%)	$6,393	1 (0%)	$4,443
2019-20	23 (1%)	$6,065	23 (1%)	$6,065	-	-
2020-21	6 (1%)	$5,901	6 (1%)	$5,901	-	-
2021-22	17 (1%)	$8,188	17 (1%)	$8,188	-	-
Average	38 (3.60%)	$6,737	38 (3.50%)	$7,083	2 (0.00%)	$4,707

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at Pierce College

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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

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