by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will not be asked to pay the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The sum total of attendance at Beaufort County Community College can sound overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students get some type of financial aid.
What financial assistance options will Beaufort County Community College offer you, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Keep going to see what amount of financial assistance could be accessible to you.
The amount of financial aid you can receive varies from person to person and will depend on your family’s economic situation. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at Beaufort County Community College.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
For freshmen starting at Beaufort County Community College, 92% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind approximately 79 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 92% | $7,610 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 24% | $783 |
| Federal Pell grants | 65% | $8,701 |
| State/local grants | 55% | $1,364 |
| Federal student loans | 0% | — |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. At Beaufort County Community College, some 46% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $7,114 (for some 812 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 46% | $7,114 |
| Federal Pell grants | 33% | $8,449 |
| Federal student loans | 0% | — |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $9,745.
Because need-based aid scales with family income, what students actually pay differs sharply across income brackets.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $4,846 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $5,709 |
| Over $75,000 | $6,903 |
The numbers above are post-aid net prices, so they already account for grants and scholarships.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $6,500 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $5,105 |
To get a personalized net price estimate, try Beaufort County Community College’s net price tool: www.beaufortccc.edu/financial-aid/net-price-calculator.
The median federal debt load at Beaufort County Community College comes to $8,125 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $8,125 |
Percentiles reveal the spread — half of all borrowers fall between the 25th and 75th percentiles. The four reference points below map the debt distribution at Beaufort County Community College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $2,500 |
| 25th percentile | $5,000 |
| 75th percentile | $19,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $28,462 |
The figures below break down median federal debt by income tier, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,977 |
| Independent students | $12,431 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at Beaufort County Community College.
The Stafford loan program is the largest source of federal direct loans to undergraduates. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at Beaufort County Community College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 1640 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $20,599,275 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 6 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $10,011 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $1,669 |
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