by our College Data Analytics TeamMost students will not be asked to pay 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 CUNY York College can appear overpowering, but remember that the majority of students obtain some kind of financial assistance.
What financial assistance options will York offer, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Keep scrolling to discover what amount of financial assistance could be accessible to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from CUNY York College.
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.
At CUNY York College, 84% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind (about 561 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 83% | $9,154 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 60% | $970 |
| Federal Pell grants | 71% | $5,959 |
| State/local grants | 73% | $3,735 |
| Federal student loans | 2% | $5,117 |
Grants and scholarships are the most valuable form of aid because, unlike loans, they never have to be repaid. At York, about 50% of undergraduates were awarded grant or scholarship aid averaging $7,992 (among about 2964 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 50% | $7,992 |
| Federal Pell grants | 40% | $5,647 |
| Federal student loans | 6% | $6,426 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $9,874.
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 | $3,785 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $5,952 |
| Over $75,000 | $9,994 |
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 | $4,456 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $4,734 |
To project your own net price, use York’s net price tool: npc.cuny.edu/npc/public/fin_aid/financial_aid_estimator/FinAidEstimator.jsp.
The median federal debt load at York comes to $7,500 of federal student loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $7,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $11,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $116.62/mo |
Under a standard ten-year plan, the median graduate’s monthly payment lands near the figure above.
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. The percentiles below describe the cumulative federal debt distribution for borrowers at York.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,750 |
| 25th percentile | $2,750 |
| 75th percentile | $12,250 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $20,500 |
The figures below break down median federal debt by income tier, first-generation status, and dependency.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $7,500 |
| Middle income | $6,631 |
| High income | $9,100 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $8,250 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $6,494 |
| Independent students | $9,348 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at York.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at York:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 7476 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $87,301,358 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 36 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $129,178 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $3,588 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 3 |
| Total DoD amount | $12,019 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $4,006 |
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