Cost & aid
What it costs
Cost by family income
Per year for a typical family of four with one child in college. Up to $110K it is the average price federal aid recipients paid (2023–24).
Family income per year · with grants
$43K
≈ $456/month for 10 years
About 1 in 2 undergrads borrows federally.
Everyone who borrowed and left, whether or not they graduated.
Three years into repayment
Where former undergraduates stand on their federal loans.
- Paid in full3–4%
- Paying it down13–14%
- Payments paused36–38%
- Not paying it down19–20%
- Behind or in default24–26%
- Forgiven or discharged0–2%
Some shares are published as a small range to protect privacy.
Who actually gets aid
Who gets grants and scholarships
Full-time first-year students (13), 2023–24
About 1 in 2 first-year students got no grant aid and paid the full sticker price.
Where the aid comes from
Share of first-year students receiving each; averages are per recipient.
Aid by family income
The whole first-year class (13)
- Federal aid + grants3avg grant $7.2K
- Grants, no federal aid2avg grant $3K
- No grants8pay full price
Students with grants but no federal aid usually got the college's own need-based aid (without federal loans or Pell) or merit aid.
By family income: only students who received federal aid (6 of 13), because income is only reported for them.
Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;College Scorecard, 2023–24;College Scorecard, most recent release;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;Common Data Set, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)