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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Cost of college went up for all students at St. Thomas Aquinas College

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Tuition and fees rose 3.9 percent for 2018-19 at St. Thomas Aquinas College, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

New York students paid $31,950 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $1,200 more than the $30,750 charged for 2017-18.

Data shows 97 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 238 students received grants or scholarships totaling $5.7 million and 175 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.3 million.

Including all undergraduates (2,000), 1,176 students used grants or scholarships totaling $21.8 million, and 671 students took out $7.9 million in federal student loans.

The cost of attending
Enrollment2015-162016-172017-182018-19Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state1,500$28,740$29,600$30,750$31,95011.2%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at St. Thomas Aquinas College in 2015-16.
Type of AidNumber of students receiving aidPercent receiving aidTotal amount of aid receivedAverage amount of aid per student
Federal grants9037%$448,764$4,986
State / local grant or scholarship9137%$406,075$4,462
Institutional grants or scholarships23897%$4,887,058$20,534
Grant or scholarship aid total23897%$5,741,897$24,126
Federal student loans17571%$1,109,364$6,339
Other student loans177%$220,837$12,990
Student loan aid17571%$1,330,201$7,601
Total student aid23997%--

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