Clackamas Community College Financial Aid and Scholarships
Students Receiving Aid
46%
Total Aid Amount
$27.168M
Financial Aid Official Website
www.clackamas.edu/admissions-financial-aid
Such schemes include 'Better A Life' Scholarship, 'Why Not?' Scholarship, Anna F. Jones Scholarship, and Ben Walker/Mikael Nickolauson Thurston High School Memorial Scholarship. As many as 81% of the students at CCC get some sort of financial aid, and the total amount of assistance/loans provided is more than $12,668,272 in a year. Notably, a total of 40% of the applicants to Clackamas Community College receive the Federal Grant every year. On the other hand, 81% of the candidates get the Student Grant, 15% receive the Institution Grant, and 40% get the Pell Grant. While the Federal Grant awardees receive an average aid of $4,417, the State Grant receivers and Institution Grant beneficiaries get $2,138 and $2,209, respectively. And, for the Pell Grant awardees, the average aid amount is $3,695. The annual family income of a candidate is one of the key factors in determining their total eligibility for financial aid. In addition to financial grants and scholarship schemes, students can also avail of monetary benefits like student loans to pay for their education. But, they should understand that student loans are borrowed at a certain rate of interest, unlike grants and scholarships. Moreover, the funds received through these loans will have to be repaid within a given timeframe. At Clackamas Community College, the percentage of candidates who opt to avail of student loans is around 81%.