How SMC'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 Santa Monica College since 2011.

For that period, the average number of students who received grants aid/scholarships is 15,181, which is 52.64 % of all undergraduate students. 397 students which is 1.27% of undergraduate students received federal student loans and the average loan amount is $5,256.

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	14,420 (48%)	$2,677	7,564 (25%)	$3,536	478 (2%)	$3,978
2012-13	15,975 (53%)	$2,636	7,574 (25%)	$3,485	448 (1%)	$4,156
2013-14	16,732 (56%)	$2,630	7,730 (26%)	$3,540	374 (1%)	$4,378
2014-15	16,891 (56%)	$2,762	8,282 (27%)	$3,526	408 (1%)	$4,700
2015-16	16,619 (54%)	$2,721	7,631 (25%)	$3,567	402 (1%)	$4,759
2016-17	16,076 (52%)	$2,684	7,179 (23%)	$3,542	412 (1%)	$5,169
2017-18	15,354 (51%)	$2,969	7,217 (24%)	$3,755	499 (2%)	$6,342
2018-19	14,648 (51%)	$3,135	6,695 (23%)	$3,927	446 (2%)	$5,620
2019-20	14,447 (53%)	$3,186	6,982 (25%)	$3,946	395 (1%)	$5,783
2020-21	13,666 (53%)	$3,113	5,695 (22%)	$4,032	231 (1%)	$6,717
2021-22	12,166 (52%)	$3,332	5,884 (25%)	$3,968	273 (1%)	$6,214
Average	15,181 (52.64%)	$2,895	7,130 (24.55%)	$3,711	397 (1.27%)	$5,256

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

For the last 12 years, on average, 1,831 (57.27 % of students) received grants or scholarships and its average amount is $4,808. It can cover 51.61% of tuition & fees ($9,316) based on out-of-state rate.

In addition, 48 (1.70 % of students) students get helped from the students loans (average amount : $4,864).

Year	Grants or Scholarships^*		Student Loans
Year	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount	Number Received (percent^**)	Average Amount
2011-12	1,395 (47%)	$4,573	53 (2%)	$4,134
2012-13	1,582 (57%)	$4,524	70 (3%)	$4,129
2013-14	1,748 (56%)	$4,458	58 (2%)	$4,774
2014-15	1,825 (56%)	$4,886	77 (2%)	$4,543
2015-16	1,844 (51%)	$4,728	69 (2%)	$4,716
2016-17	1,656 (51%)	$4,806	35 (1%)	$4,511
2017-18	1,706 (53%)	$5,430	51 (2%)	$4,341
2018-19	2,010 (57%)	$5,489	38 (1%)	$5,056
2019-20	2,460 (66%)	$4,533	41 (1%)	$6,111
2020-21	2,190 (72%)	$4,809	15 (0%)	$6,384
2021-22	1,725 (64%)	$4,650	21 (1%)	$4,807
Average	1,831 (57.27%)	$4,808	48 (1.70%)	$4,864

^*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, 1,195 (37.45 % of students) received Pell (federal) grants and its average amount is $4,534.

In addition, 1,778 students received State/local government grants/scholarships (55.55 % 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	1,093 (37%)	$4,262	456 (15%)	$301	1,354 (45%)	$1,170	-	-
2012-13	1,177 (42%)	$4,237	833 (30%)	$172	1,516 (54%)	$1,337	-	-
2013-14	1,214 (39%)	$4,355	798 (26%)	$165	1,693 (55%)	$1,402	-	-
2014-15	1,323 (41%)	$4,467	764 (24%)	$173	1,764 (55%)	$1,630	-	-
2015-16	1,255 (35%)	$4,388	884 (24%)	$155	1,779 (49%)	$1,728	-	-
2016-17	1,087 (33%)	$4,415	816 (25%)	$155	1,605 (49%)	$1,879	11 (0%)	$1,636
2017-18	1,214 (38%)	$4,533	883 (27%)	$155	1,647 (51%)	$2,182	44 (1%)	$649
2018-19	1,214 (34%)	$4,810	1,063 (30%)	$206	1,959 (56%)	$2,345	343 (10%)	$1,108
2019-20	1,410 (38%)	$4,747	1,011 (27%)	$199	2,416 (65%)	$1,737	49 (1%)	$1,190
2020-21	1,147 (38%)	$4,871	985 (32%)	$202	2,152 (70%)	$2,182	45 (1%)	$1,113
2021-22	1,009 (37%)	$4,790	257 (10%)	$363	1,676 (62%)	$1,823	37 (1%)	$1,041
Average	1,195 (37.45%)	$4,534	795 (24.55%)	$204	1,778 (55.55%)	$1,765	88 (2.80%)	$1,123

^*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, 48 (1.70 % of students) get any students loan help and its average loan amount is $48.

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	53 (2%)	$4,134	49 (2%)	$3,712	4 (0%)	$9,300
2012-13	70 (3%)	$4,129	66 (2%)	$3,749	4 (0%)	$10,400
2013-14	58 (2%)	$4,774	55 (2%)	$4,243	4 (0%)	$10,894
2014-15	77 (2%)	$4,543	72 (2%)	$4,494	5 (0%)	$5,240
2015-16	69 (2%)	$4,716	69 (2%)	$4,716	-	-
2016-17	35 (1%)	$4,511	32 (1%)	$4,424	3 (0%)	$5,442
2017-18	51 (2%)	$4,341	51 (2%)	$4,341	-	-
2018-19	38 (1%)	$5,056	38 (1%)	$5,056	-	-
2019-20	41 (1%)	$6,111	33 (1%)	$5,024	9 (0%)	$9,417
2020-21	15 (0%)	$6,384	15 (0%)	$6,384	-	-
2021-22	21 (1%)	$4,807	21 (1%)	$4,807	-	-
Average	48 (1.70%)	$4,864	46 (1.60%)	$4,632	5 (0.00%)	$8,449

Scholarships, Grants, and Loan Trends at SMC

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid Over Time

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