by our College Data Analytics TeamMost students are not billed 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 cost of going to South Central Career Center can seem overpowering, but remember that the majority of students are given some form of financial assistance.
Just what financial aid solutions can SCCC deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep reading for answers. Keep scrolling to discover what amount of financial assistance could be accessible to you.
Your financial aid package, which may contain grants and scholarships, will be determined on your financial need. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from South Central Career Center.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
For freshmen starting at South Central Career Center, 80% of entering full-time freshmen got some type of financial assistance approximately 70 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 78% | $6,788 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 5% | $875 |
| Federal Pell grants | 59% | $5,291 |
| State/local grants | 52% | $4,054 |
| Federal student loans | 19% | $7,208 |
Unlike loans, grants and scholarships are gift aid that does not need to be paid back, making them the most desirable form of assistance. At SCCC, around 82% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $7,145 (across roughly 106 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 82% | $7,145 |
| Federal Pell grants | 60% | $5,203 |
| Federal student loans | 28% | $7,312 |
On-campus students receiving title-IV aid were awarded grants averaging $6,653.
The figures below show the average net price — cost after all grant and scholarship aid — broken out by family income.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $21,945 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $22,469 |
Each amount is the average cost remaining once grant aid is subtracted, by income band.
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 | $22,260 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $21,721 |
For a personalized estimate based on your family’s financial situation, use SCCC’s net price calculator: [www.zizzers.org/cms/lib/MO01001590/Centricity/domain/49/net price/npcalc.htm](https://www.zizzers.org/cms/lib/MO01001590/Centricity/domain/49/net price/npcalc.htm).
The median student at SCCC graduates with $8,994 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $8,994 |
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 SCCC.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $2,700 |
| 25th percentile | $3,500 |
| 75th percentile | $12,070 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $15,916 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. SCCC.
Most undergraduate borrowing runs through the federal Stafford loan program. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at SCCC:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 720 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $6,558,745 |
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 | 3 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $23,526 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $7,842 |
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More about our data sources and methodologies.