by our College Data Analytics TeamMost students will never be charged 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 price tag of going to Jamestown Community College can appear tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students obtain some kind of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does Jamestown Community College deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep scrolling to see just how much financial aid could be open to you.
Your financial aid package, which may contain grants and scholarships, will be determined on your financial need. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at Jamestown Community College.
Financial assistance, available as scholarships, loans, and work-study, is a way schools lower the price of attendance so many students can enroll. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
For incoming first-year students at Jamestown Community College, 87% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid around 451 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 82% | $8,037 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 36% | $2,625 |
| Federal Pell grants | 61% | $5,878 |
| State/local grants | 63% | $3,186 |
| Federal student loans | 29% | $5,116 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At this school, some 34% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $7,697 (across roughly 1280 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 34% | $7,697 |
| Federal Pell grants | 25% | $5,398 |
| Federal student loans | 14% | $5,734 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $8,393.
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 | $7,263 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $10,104 |
| Over $75,000 | $14,613 |
Each amount is the average cost remaining once grant aid is subtracted, by income band.
The net price strips out grant and scholarship aid from the sticker price to show roughly what families really pay.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $9,850 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $9,507 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see Jamestown Community College’s net price tool: www.suny.edu/howmuch/netpricecalculator.xhtml.
A typical borrower at Jamestown Community College leaves with $6,037 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $6,037 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $10,990 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $116.51/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
Percentiles reveal the spread — half of all borrowers fall between the 25th and 75th percentiles. The figures below chart the debt distribution at Jamestown Community College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,750 |
| 25th percentile | $2,867 |
| 75th percentile | $11,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $17,239 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $6,250 |
| Middle income | $5,903 |
| High income | $5,900 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $6,450 |
| Continuing-generation students | $5,500 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $9,500 |
These indicators are derived from the underlying debt data and summarize the overall picture at Jamestown Community College.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. Below is the annual Stafford program activity at Jamestown Community College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 10721 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $92,037,675 |
Veterans and active-duty service members may qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or DoD Tuition Assistance.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 26 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $102,830 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $3,955 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 2 |
| Total DoD amount | $7,037 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $3,519 |
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