by our College Data Analytics TeamA lot of students will never be charged the full, advertised sticker price of a school. Instead, they will be given a financial aid offer that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The total cost of going to Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi can seem overpowering, but remember that the majority of students are given some form of financial assistance.
Just what financial aid solutions can Texas A&M Corpus Christi provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep reading for answers. Keep going to learn what amount of financial assistance will be accessible to you.
How much aid you qualify for depends largely on your family’s financial circumstances. The information provided on this page can help you determine how much aid you may receive from Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
Looking at the entering class at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, 83% of the incoming full-time class was awarded financial aid (about 1660 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 76% | $9,597 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 57% | $2,866 |
| Federal Pell grants | 48% | $6,037 |
| State/local grants | 49% | $5,471 |
| Federal student loans | 43% | $5,392 |
Unlike loans, grants and scholarships are gift aid that does not need to be paid back, making them the most desirable form of assistance. At Texas A&M Corpus Christi, approximately 65% of undergraduates were awarded grant or scholarship aid averaging $8,608 (across approximately 5071 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 65% | $8,608 |
| Federal Pell grants | 43% | $5,883 |
| Federal student loans | 42% | $6,478 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $9,985.
Because need-based aid scales with family income, what students actually pay differs sharply across income brackets.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $11,154 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $12,971 |
| Over $75,000 | $21,545 |
Each amount is the average cost remaining once grant aid is subtracted, by income band.
After grants and scholarships come off the published price, what remains is the net price — the best estimate of true out-of-pocket cost.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $15,225 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $15,137 |
To project your own net price, use Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s net price tool: www.highered.texas.gov/apps/NPC/?Fice=011161.
A typical borrower at Texas A&M Corpus Christi leaves with $15,273 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $15,273 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $23,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $243.84/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
A single median figure conceals how much debt outcomes differ student to student. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,500 |
| 25th percentile | $5,500 |
| 75th percentile | $25,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $35,169 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $17,000 |
| Middle income | $15,500 |
| High income | $13,125 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $16,000 |
| Continuing-generation students | $13,000 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $14,000 |
| Independent students | $19,837 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at Texas A&M Corpus Christi:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 36378 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $801,312,261 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 349 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $2,592,454 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $7,428 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 43 |
| Total DoD amount | $101,725 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $2,366 |
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