Financial Aid at Golden West

Financial Aid Amount Received

$3,226 (32.74% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

57% of 10,189 students

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

6,497 undergraduate students (57% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Golden West College. The percentage of students who received financial aid average compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in California.

Compare to similar schools in rankings such as Allan Hancock College and College of the Canyons, the percentage of students who received financial aid is average (the average of the schools is 53.30%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $3,226 and the average loan amount is $6,154. The average financial aid amount is 32.74% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $9,854).

Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or scholarship aid	6,497	57%	$20,957,663	$3,226
Pell Grants	2,578	23%	$10,382,048	$4,027
Federal Students Loans	128	1%	$787,725	$6,154

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 847 students have received one or more types of financial aid at Golden West College.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $5,611 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $7,067.

The following table shows the financial data by type of aid at Golden West College.

First-time Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	848	75%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	847	75%	$4,752,414	$5,611
Federal Grants	462	41%	$2,784,869	$6,028
Pell Grants	462	41%	$2,376,319	$5,144
Other Federal Grants	382	34%	$408,550	$1,070
State/Local Grants	838	74%	$1,967,295	$2,348
Institutional Grants	1	0%	$250	$250
Student Loans	10	1%	$70,669	$7,067
Federal Student Loans	10	1%	$70,669	$7,067
Other Student Loans	0	0%	$0	$0

Financial Aid by Income Level

The following table summarizes the number of schools receiving financial aid and its average amount by income levels at Golden West College.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$3,695,420	$8,034
0 - $30,000	291	291	$2,511,364	$8,630
$30,001 - $48,000	95	95	$791,139	$8,328
$48,001 - $75,000	67	67	$362,741	$5,414
$75,001 - $110,000	7	7	$30,176	$4,311
$110,001 - more	0	0	$0	$0

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At Golden West College, for the first-time/full-time students, 1,089 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 42 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.