by our College Data Analytics TeamThe majority of students are not billed the full sticker price of a school. Rather, they are offered a financial aid plan that includes a mix of loans, grants, scholarships, and possibly work-study opportunities. The sum total of attendance at DeSales University can sound overpowering, but remember that the majority of students get some type of financial assistance.
What financial assistance options will DeSales offer you, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Keep reading to learn just how much financial aid will be open to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at DeSales University.
Financial assistance, available as scholarships, loans, and work-study, is a way schools lower the price of attendance so many students can enroll. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
For freshmen starting at DeSales University, 100% of the incoming full-time class was awarded financial aid around 436 first-years).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 100% | $30,909 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 100% | $28,008 |
| Federal Pell grants | 26% | $5,528 |
| State/local grants | 31% | $4,456 |
| Federal student loans | 69% | $5,348 |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. At DeSales, some 89% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $26,573 (across roughly 1907 undergraduates).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 89% | $26,573 |
| Federal Pell grants | 24% | $5,224 |
| Federal student loans | 64% | $6,749 |
On-campus students receiving title-IV aid were awarded grants averaging $31,102.
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 | $22,561 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $24,949 |
| Over $75,000 | $32,790 |
Each figure is the net price after grants and scholarships, not the published sticker price.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $31,643 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $30,465 |
For a customized cost estimate, visit DeSales’s online cost calculator: www.desales.edu/admissions-financial-aid/undergraduate-admissions-aid/tuition-fees/net-price-calculator.
The median federal debt load at DeSales comes to $20,000 in federal student debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $20,000 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $25,788 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $273.4/mo |
At a typical 10-year repayment schedule, the median graduate would pay about the monthly figure 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 DeSales.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,538 |
| 25th percentile | $7,670 |
| 75th percentile | $27,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $31,000 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $21,500 |
| Middle income | $19,750 |
| High income | $19,500 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $20,341 |
| Continuing-generation students | $19,500 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $20,500 |
| Independent students | $19,000 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. DeSales.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at DeSales:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 10377 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $227,216,957 |
GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the two federal aid programs targeted at military-affiliated students.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 52 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $716,289 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $13,775 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 6 |
| Total DoD amount | $18,055 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $3,009 |
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