Rockingham Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 3.4 percent for 2018-19 at Great Bay Community College, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

New Hampshire residents paid $7,680 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $256 more than the $7,424 charged for 2017-18.

Non-residents paid 114.6 percent more than residents this year, or $16,480. Their price tag grew 3 percent from $16,000 in 2017-18.

About 94 percent of the school's undergraduate population are New Hampshire residents. And about 6 percent are residents of other states.

Data shows 69 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 91 students received grants or scholarships totaling $435,866 and 103 students took out student loans totaling more than $508,375.

Including all undergraduates (1,887), 1,062 students used grants or scholarships totaling $2.8 million, and 767 students took out $4.5 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	~1,774	$7,104	$7,104	$7,424	$7,680	8.1%
Out-of-state	~113	$15,264	$15,264	$16,000	$16,480	8%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Great Bay Community College in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	81	36%	$369,417	$4,561
State / local grant or scholarship	45	20%	$39,600	$880
Institutional grants or scholarships	16	7%	$26,849	$1,678
Grant or scholarship aid total	91	40%	$435,866	$4,790
Federal student loans	103	46%	$508,375	$4,936
Other student loans	0	0%	$0	-
Student loan aid	103	46%	$508,375	$4,936
Total student aid	157	69%	-	-