Among them are scholarship programs such as Art and Helen Nickless Scholarship, Auburn Jaycees Education Scholarship, Bay City Civitan/Marcella Barber Scholarship, and Bay City Kiwanis Educational Scholarship. As many as 66% of the students at WCC get some sort of financial aid, and the total amount of assistance/loans provided is more than $12,919,432 in a year. Notably, a total of 40% of the applicants to Washtenaw Community College receive the Federal Grant every year. On the other hand, 52% of the candidates get the Student Grant, 16% receive the Institution Grant, and 40% get the Pell Grant. Moreover, the average aid amount for Federal Grant awardees stands at $5,944, while the same comes to $2,567 for State Grant receivers and $3,019 for Institution Grant awardees. On the other hand, the average aid received by the Pell Grant awardees is $4,245. 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. At Washtenaw Community College, the percentage of candidates who opt to avail of student loans is around 26%.