Sitting Bull College Financial Aid and Scholarships
Students Receiving Aid
88%
Total Aid Amount
$2.557M
Financial Aid Official Website
sittingbull.edu/financial-aid/
Among them are scholarship programs such as Barden Scholarship, Cameron Scholarship, Dakota/Lakota Scholarship, and Helen D. Hull Teaching Scholarship. It is interesting to note that, every year, around 92% of students at SBC receive some kind of financial aid. Notably, a total of 76% of the applicants to Sitting Bull College receive the Federal Grant every year. Meanwhile, 92% of the applicants receive the Student Grant and 65% are awarded the Institution Grant, while 73% of the students get the Pell Grant. Moreover, the average aid amount for Federal Grant awardees stands at $6,332, while the same comes to $4,365 for State Grant receivers and $3,042 for Institution Grant awardees. And, for the Pell Grant awardees, the average aid amount is $5,352. 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. While grants and scholarship schemes do not require repayment, student loans should be repaid by the applicants within a given period.