by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students are not billed 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 sum total of attendance at Auburn University can sound overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students get some type of financial aid.
What financial aid options can Auburn offer you, and what will you qualify for? Keep reading for more information. Keep scrolling to discover how much school funding could be available to you.
The amount of financial aid you can receive varies from person to person and will depend on your family’s economic situation. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from Auburn University.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
For incoming first-year students at Auburn University, 85% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind some 5053 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 80% | $10,872 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 78% | $9,950 |
| Federal Pell grants | 12% | $5,736 |
| State/local grants | 4% | $5,455 |
| Federal student loans | 27% | $5,240 |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. At Auburn, approximately 63% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $10,920 (covering around 16842 recipients).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 63% | $10,920 |
| Federal Pell grants | 13% | $5,614 |
| Federal student loans | 26% | $6,246 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $10,596.
Since aid is largely need-based, the real cost of attendance falls steeply for lower-income families.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $16,836 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $19,902 |
| Over $75,000 | $28,642 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
Net price is the cost remaining after grant and scholarship aid is subtracted from the sticker price, and it is the most useful single number for estimating real cost.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $24,323 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $23,897 |
To project your own net price, use Auburn’s online cost calculator: www.auburn.edu/admissions/costcalc/index.php.
Graduating students at Auburn carry a median federal student debt of $17,750 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $17,750 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $21,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $222.63/mo |
Under a standard ten-year plan, the median graduate’s monthly payment lands near the figure above.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Auburn.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $4,500 |
| 25th percentile | $7,500 |
| 75th percentile | $26,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $33,474 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $18,750 |
| Middle income | $18,250 |
| High income | $16,750 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $18,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $17,095 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $17,562 |
| Independent students | $18,489 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for Auburn.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at Auburn:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 50594 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $1,350,586,385 |
Veterans and active-duty service members may qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or DoD Tuition Assistance.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 907 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $11,363,414 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $12,529 |
Active-duty Tuition Assistance recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 44 |
| Total DoD amount | $136,810 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $3,109 |
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