by our College Data Analytics TeamHere is what you can expect to pay at Aspen University, covering the cost range, projected degree costs, net price, debt at graduation, default rates, and aid distribution patterns.
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The total published cost of attendance at Aspen University comes to about $6,870.00 for a single academic year.
Published costs have climbed year over year at about 10.5% per year, so the four-year total runs well above today’s cost.
The median graduating debt at Aspen University stands at $7,802.00, which the Department of Education classifies as a Very Low (<$10k) burden tier.
Across borrowers, debt at graduation distributes like this:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $1,932.00 |
| 25th | $3,474.00 |
| Median (50th) | $7,802.00 |
| 75th | $12,500.00 |
| 90th | $21,283.00 |
The distance from the 10th to the 90th percentile shows how widely debt outcomes vary.
Explore borrowing, repayment, and default in detail on the student loan debt page.
Student debt at graduation is not evenly distributed across income levels. Below, debt is broken out by low, middle, and high family income:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $7,752.00 |
| Middle income | $7,532.00 |
| High income | $8,443.00 |
First-generation students frequently graduate with different debt than continuing-generation students.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,751.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $8,113.00 |
The Pell Grant is the main federal need-based award for undergraduates. Looking at Pell recipients versus non-recipients tells us how debt is distributed across need.
The median debt difference between Pell-eligible and non-Pell graduates of Aspen University amounts to $1,634.00. This school carries a federal Pell-debt-inequity flag.
The Department of Education default-rate tier for Aspen University is Low (<5%).
To give some context for these rates, Stafford loans disbursed at Aspen University amount to $115,583,108.00 spread across 6,379 borrowers.
Veteran and active-military students often access dedicated federal aid programs including the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 32 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $5,018.00 |
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 14 |
| Avg DoD Tuition Assistance | $3,630.00 |
Dig into veteran education benefits on the college veterans page.
Beyond the data above, it helps to ask a few questions when weighing Aspen University, consider the following:
Each page below covers one part of paying for college in more detail:
Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.