Corning Community College Financial Aid and Scholarships
Students Receiving Aid
44%
Total Aid Amount
$8.866M
Financial Aid Official Website
https://www.corning-cc.edu/financial-aid-scholarships
As many as 86% of the students at SCCC get some sort of financial aid, and the total amount of assistance/loans provided is more than $5,840,211 in a year. More information regarding the financial assistance schemes can be accessed on SCCC’s official financial aid page at https://www.corning-cc.edu/financial-aid-scholarships. At SCCC, the total percentage of applicants who receive the Federal Grant stands at 55%. On the other hand, 77% of the candidates get the Student Grant, 11% receive the Institution Grant, and 55% get the Pell Grant. Moreover, the average aid amount for Federal Grant awardees stands at $4,616, while the same comes to $2,631 for State Grant receivers and $2,745 for Institution Grant awardees. And, for the Pell Grant awardees, the average aid amount is $3,914. The annual family income of the applicants is also considered for determining the total financial assistance that they will be eligible for. Alternatively, the candidates can also avail of monetary benefits like student loans, apart from financial grants and scholarship schemes to pay for their studies. However, student loans attract a certain rate of interest at which the funds are borrowed. While grants and scholarship schemes do not require repayment, student loans should be repaid by the applicants within a given period. Every year, around 48% of the applicants to SUNY Corning Community College opt for student loans.