A large number of 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 price tag of going to Buckeye Hills Career Center can appear overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students obtain some kind of financial aid.
Just what financial assistance solutions will Buckeye Hills Career Center deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Read on for answers. Keep going to learn what amount of financial assistance will be accessible to you.
Your financial aid package, which may contain grants and scholarships, will be determined on your financial need. The information provided on this page can help you determine how much aid you may receive from Buckeye Hills Career Center.
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 Buckeye Hills Career Center, 88% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind some 112 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 76% | $5,813 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 4% | $802 |
| Federal Pell grants | 64% | $5,210 |
| State/local grants | 19% | $3,733 |
| Federal student loans | 44% | $5,813 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. Here, approximately 52% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $5,403 (covering around 112 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 52% | $5,403 |
| Federal Pell grants | 45% | $4,630 |
| Federal student loans | 38% | $4,266 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $5,810.
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 | $11,600 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $12,635 |
| Over $75,000 | $16,851 |
Each figure is the net price after grants and scholarships, not the published sticker price.
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 | $17,231 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $12,374 |
To project your own net price, use Buckeye Hills Career Center’s official net price calculator: buckeyehills.net/npcalc.htm.
The middle student in the debt distribution at Buckeye Hills Career Center owes $6,168 in federal student debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $6,168 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $8,250 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $87.46/mo |
At a typical 10-year repayment schedule, the median graduate would pay about the monthly figure above.
Looking only at the median can be misleading because it hides the spread. The four reference points below map the debt distribution at Buckeye Hills Career Center.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $2,333 |
| 25th percentile | $3,500 |
| 75th percentile | $7,388 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $11,629 |
How much a student borrows depends heavily on family income, first-gen status, and dependency.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $6,636 |
| Middle income | $6,944 |
| High income | $4,889 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $4,278 |
| Independent students | $8,444 |
These indicators are derived from the underlying debt data and summarize the overall picture at Buckeye Hills Career Center.
Most undergraduate borrowing runs through the federal Stafford loan program. Below is the annual Stafford program activity at Buckeye Hills Career Center:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 1004 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $5,762,474 |
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 | 2 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $14,149 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $7,075 |
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.