by our College Data Analytics TeamA large number of students will not be asked to pay the full, advertised sticker price of a school. Instead, they will be given a financial aid offer that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The sum total of attendance at Community College of Allegheny County can sound overpowering, but remember that the majority of students get some type of financial assistance.
Just what financing solutions does CCAC provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep scrolling to find out how much school funding will be available to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. Use the information below to understand how much financial assistance you may get from Community College of Allegheny County.
Financial aid, in the form of loans, grants, work-study, and scholarships, is one way colleges reduce the cost of attendance so most students can actually afford to attend. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
At Community College of Allegheny County, 62% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid roughly 862 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 50% | $6,516 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 16% | $773 |
| Federal Pell grants | 49% | $5,724 |
| State/local grants | 18% | $1,579 |
| Federal student loans | 13% | $5,143 |
Grants and scholarships are the most valuable form of aid because, unlike loans, they never have to be repaid. Across the undergraduate body at CCAC, approximately 37% of undergrads got grants or scholarships worth on average $4,817 (among about 3850 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 37% | $4,817 |
| Federal Pell grants | 32% | $4,446 |
| Federal student loans | 11% | $5,656 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $5,746.
Since aid is largely need-based, the real cost of attendance falls steeply for lower-income families.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $6,759 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $8,571 |
| Over $75,000 | $13,338 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
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 | $13,970 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $8,166 |
For a customized cost estimate, visit CCAC’s online cost calculator: webapps.ccac.edu/NetPriceCalc/npcalc.htm.
The middle student in the debt distribution at CCAC owes $7,132 in federal student debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $7,132 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $12,680 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $134.43/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at CCAC.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,464 |
| 25th percentile | $2,700 |
| 75th percentile | $10,750 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $18,544 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $8,400 |
| Middle income | $6,265 |
| High income | $6,000 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,416 |
| Continuing-generation students | $6,300 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $9,500 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for CCAC.
Most undergraduate borrowing runs through the federal Stafford loan program. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at CCAC:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 34265 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $359,132,517 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 223 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $431,733 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $1,936 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 32 |
| Total DoD amount | $41,598 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $1,300 |
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