by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will never be charged 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 total price of attendance at Craven Community College can feel overpowering, but remember that the majority of students receive some sort of financial assistance.
Just what financial aid solutions can Craven Community College provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep reading for answers. Keep scrolling to see what amount of financial assistance could be accessible to you.
The amount of financial aid and scholarships you are eligible for will vary depending on your family’s income. The information provided on this page can help you determine how much aid you may receive from Craven Community College.
Financial assistance, available as scholarships, loans, and work-study, is a way schools lower the price of attendance so many students can enroll. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
Looking at the entering class at Craven Community College, 59% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind (about 84 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 58% | $5,968 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 12% | $1,118 |
| Federal Pell grants | 43% | $6,675 |
| State/local grants | 36% | $1,181 |
| Federal student loans | 0% | — |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. At this school, about 62% of undergrads got grants or scholarships worth on average $3,179 (across approximately 1765 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 62% | $3,179 |
| Federal Pell grants | 43% | $3,920 |
| Federal student loans | 0% | — |
On-campus students receiving title-IV aid were awarded grants averaging $7,446.
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 | $4,170 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $4,831 |
| Over $75,000 | $5,786 |
The numbers above are post-aid net prices, so they already account for grants and scholarships.
The net price strips out grant and scholarship aid from the sticker price to show roughly what families really pay.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $3,289 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $4,402 |
To project your own net price, use Craven Community College’s official net price calculator: cravencc.edu/paying-college/financial-aid/net-price-calculator.
A typical borrower at Craven Community College leaves with $5,500 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $5,500 |
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Craven Community College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,500 |
| 25th percentile | $2,634 |
| 75th percentile | $9,500 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $15,500 |
Outcomes differ by income bracket, by first-generation status, and by whether a student is financially dependent.
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $4,800 |
| Independent students | $9,500 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at Craven Community College.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at Craven Community College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 1828 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $20,952,416 |
Military-affiliated students can tap the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 145 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $232,922 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $1,606 |
Active-duty Tuition Assistance recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 2 |
| Total DoD amount | $8,462 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $4,231 |
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