by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will not be asked to pay the complete price tag of a school. Rather, they are presented a financial aid deal that includes a mix of loans, grants, scholarships, and possibly work-study opportunities. The sum total of attendance at Olympic College can sound overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students get some type of financial aid.
What financing options does OC offer you, and what will you qualify for? Keep scrolling for more information. Keep going to learn just how much financial aid will be open to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from Olympic College.
Through a mix of loans, grants, work-study and scholarships, schools bring down the effective cost so more students can attend. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
Among first-time, full-time freshmen at Olympic College, 61% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind around 311 new students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 55% | $7,007 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 24% | $2,064 |
| Federal Pell grants | 34% | $4,670 |
| State/local grants | 43% | $3,859 |
| Federal student loans | 6% | $5,682 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At OC, approximately 35% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $6,793 (for some 1908 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 35% | $6,793 |
| Federal Pell grants | 19% | $4,587 |
| Federal student loans | 6% | $4,829 |
For on-campus title-IV students, average grant aid came to $8,413.
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 | $5,589 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $8,187 |
| Over $75,000 | $12,232 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
Net price is the cost remaining after grant and scholarship aid is subtracted from the sticker price, and it is the most useful single number for estimating real cost.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $7,172 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $7,755 |
To project your own net price, use OC’s net price calculator: www.olympic.edu/paying-college/financial-aid/financial-aid-faqs/net-price-calculator.
The median student at OC graduates with $8,000 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $8,000 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $12,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $127.22/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. The figures below chart the debt distribution at OC.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,855 |
| 25th percentile | $3,500 |
| 75th percentile | $14,579 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $23,170 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $8,837 |
| Middle income | $8,858 |
| High income | $6,477 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $8,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $6,520 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $9,500 |
Federal data publishes pre-calculated indicators that summarize debt outcomes. OC.
Most undergraduate borrowing runs through the federal Stafford loan program. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at OC:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 6355 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $75,874,699 |
If you are a veteran or active-duty service member, the GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the primary federal programs you can use at this school.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 657 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $2,296,728 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $3,496 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 44 |
| Total DoD amount | $80,773 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $1,836 |
References
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