Financial Aid at Northwest-Shoals CC

Financial Aid Amount Received

$4,271 (48.42% of tuition & fees)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

62% of 3,539 students

All Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

2,149 undergraduate students (62% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at Northwest-Shoals Community College. The percentage of students who received financial aid higher compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Alabama. Compare to similar schools in rankings such as George C Wallace Community College-Dothan and George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 71.25%).

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $4,271 and the average loan amount is $5,210. The average financial aid amount is 48.42% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $8,821).

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	2,149	62%	$9,178,423	$4,271
Pell Grants	1,426	41%	$7,364,486	$5,164
Federal Students Loans	678	20%	$3,532,158	$5,210

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

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	620	92%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	587	87%	$2,893,787	$4,930
Federal Grants	411	61%	$2,250,689	$5,476
Pell Grants	411	61%	$2,184,981	$5,316
Other Federal Grants	209	31%	$65,708	$314
State/Local Grants	41	6%	$16,161	$394
Institutional Grants	309	46%	$626,937	$2,029
Student Loans	124	18%	$565,218	$4,558
Federal Student Loans	124	18%	$565,218	$4,558
Other Student Loans	0	0%	$0	$0

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

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 587 students have received one or more types of financial aid at Northwest-Shoals Community College.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $4,930 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $4,558.

The following table shows the financial data by type of aid at Northwest-Shoals Community College.

Financial Aid by Income Level

The following table summarizes the number of schools receiving financial aid and its average amount by income levels at Northwest-Shoals Community College.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$2,464,847	$5,256
0 - $30,000	286	286	$1,863,986	$6,517
$30,001 - $48,000	75	74	$381,804	$5,091
$48,001 - $75,000	62	55	$177,179	$2,858
$75,001 - $110,000	31	15	$30,076	$970
$110,001 - more	15	6	$11,802	$787

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At Northwest-Shoals Community College, for the first-time/full-time students, 674 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 3 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.