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In-State Tuition and Fees Analysis  \nII. In-State Cost of Attendance Analysis  \nIII. Merit Aid Funds Comparison Analysis  \nIV. Student Level Analysis  \nExecutive Summary  \nOn average, 25 percent of all Fall enrolled in-state students in the last six years received LIFE scholarships (LIFE), five percent received Palmetto Fellows Scholarships (PFS), and two percent received SC HOPE scholarship (HOPE) funds. Also, on average, these students received $4,676 in LIFE, $7,650 in PFS, and $2,527 in HOPE; note that the scholarship enhancement was included in the scholarship amounts during 2017 and 2022.  \nThe weighted average coverage of tuition and fees shows that the PFS covers on average 64 percent, LIFE covers 58 percent, and HOPE covers approximately 19 percent. The analysis of the weighted average coverage of cost of attendance shows that the PFS covers on average 28 percent, LIFE covers 20 percent, and HOPE covers nine percent. While there was an average of 12 percent ($2,585) increase in the cost of attendance, the scholarships’ weighted average coverage remains mostly flat.  \nWe have seven groups of students depending on the combination of funds they can receive. The groups of funds that cover the highest share of in-state cost of attendance were the  Merit &  Non-Merit & Pell group with a coverage of 52 percent and the  Merit Aid & Pell group with a coverage of 45 percent. However, the average share of the students who receive these funds out of all recipients during this period was low at about seven percent (6,081 students) for the  Merit & Non-Merit & Pell group and six percent (5,027) for the  Merit Aid & Pell group.  \nThe share of students receiving  Merit Aid & Pell funds has dropped by 66 percent (4,325 students), the share of those receiving  Only Pell Grant decreased by 32 percent (10,260 students), and the share receiving  Only Merit Aid decreased by two percent (546 students) . This signals that there were some issues in enrolling and retaining the students from low-income families and a considerable portion of high achieving in-state students.  \nIn the last six years, 85 percent of all recipients received an average funding of $4,740 and the remaining 15 percent received $9,894, enhancement not included. The funds covered on average 21 percent of the in-state cost of attendance while for the remaining 15 percent these funds covered 43 percent.  \nThe analysis of the comparison between other states’scholarships and those in SC concludes that there are two major differences: 1) the average count of recipients was less for SC for LIFEtype scholarships (24 percent difference, or about 14,000 recipients) and for HOPE-type scholarships (74 percent difference, about 11,443 recipients) and 2) the in-state cost of attendance for SC was 26 percent higher in comparison with the other states considered (instate cost of attendance in other states averages $18,399 versus $23,106 in SC) .  \nI. In-State Tuition and fees Analysis  \nUsing the count of Fall, unique count of in-state undergraduates and the count of Fall, in-state scholarship recipients for 29 institutions out of the 33 that CHE coordinates (four of the twoyear regional ","cbCainu6BFMgfeFm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainu6BFMgfeFm","pdf",331197,15,"English","# Introduction\n## Executive Summary\n# In-State Tuition and Fees Analysis\n## Scholarship Recipient Trends (Figures 1-2)\n## Average Amount Received (Figure 3)\n## Tuition and Fees Coverage (Figure 4)","[{\"question\":\"What are the main goals of the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The report aims to determine how merit aid covers in-state tuition and fees, estimate merit-based coverage of in-state cost of attendance, compare SC’s 2021 scholarship data with other states, and compute at the student level how various scholarship and non-merit aid sources cover attendance costs.\"},{\"question\":\"Which merit scholarships are analyzed, and what are their typical recipient shares?\",\"answer\":\"The analysis focuses on LIFE Scholarship, Palmetto Fellows Scholarship (PFS), and SC HOPE Scholarship (HOPE). On average over the last six years, about 25% of Fall in-state enrollees received LIFE, 5% received PFS, and 2% received HOPE.\"},{\"question\":\"How much do the scholarships cover for tuition and fees versus cost of attendance?\",\"answer\":\"Weighted average coverage for tuition and fees is highest for PFS (about 64%), followed by LIFE (about 58%), with HOPE around 19%. For cost of attendance, PFS covers about 28%, LIFE about 20%, and HOPE about 9%.\"}]","Merit and Non-Merit Aid Funds Analysis - February 28, 2025 | PDF",1792060870,38]