by our College Data Analytics TeamThe majority of students will never be charged the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The price tag of going to American Advanced Technicians Institute can appear overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students obtain some kind of financial aid.
What financial assistance options will AATI offer you, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Keep scrolling to discover just how much financial aid could be open to you.
The amount of financial aid and scholarships you are eligible for will vary depending on your family’s income. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from American Advanced Technicians Institute.
Colleges use loans, grants, scholarships and work-study to minimize what students actually pay out of pocket. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
Among first-time, full-time freshmen at American Advanced Technicians Institute, 100% of entering full-time freshmen got some type of financial assistance approximately 33 first-years).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 91% | $4,780 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 0% | — |
| Federal Pell grants | 91% | $4,393 |
| State/local grants | 0% | — |
| Federal student loans | 91% | $5,303 |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. At AATI, about 94% of undergraduates were awarded grant or scholarship aid averaging $3,624 (among about 46 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 94% | $3,624 |
| Federal Pell grants | 69% | $4,454 |
| Federal student loans | 80% | $4,459 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $4,780.
The figures below show the average net price — cost after all grant and scholarship aid — broken out by family income.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $34,549 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $44,484 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $34,674 |
To project your own net price, use AATI’s official net price calculator: aati.edu/?page=calculator.
A typical borrower at AATI leaves with $3,789 in federal student debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $3,789 |
A single median figure conceals how much debt outcomes differ student to student. The percentiles below describe the cumulative federal debt distribution for borrowers at AATI.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,167 |
| 25th percentile | $3,789 |
| 75th percentile | $6,544 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $6,544 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $3,789 |
| Independent students | $6,544 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for AATI.
Stafford loans make up the bulk of federal direct lending to undergraduates. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at AATI:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 702 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $2,975,638 |
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