The majority of students will not be asked to pay 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 Neosho County Community College can sound overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students get some type of financial aid.
What financing options does Neosho County Community College offer, and what will you qualify for? Keep scrolling for more information. Scroll down to find out how much school funding will be available 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 Neosho County Community College.
Colleges use loans, grants, scholarships and work-study to minimize what students actually pay out of pocket. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
Looking at the entering class at Neosho County Community College, 90% of new full-time first-years were awarded at least some aid roughly 203 students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 89% | $5,322 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 74% | $3,406 |
| Federal Pell grants | 38% | $5,566 |
| State/local grants | 2% | $2,474 |
| Federal student loans | 16% | $4,359 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. Across the undergraduate body at Neosho County Community College, around 65% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $3,130 (among about 1160 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 65% | $3,130 |
| Federal Pell grants | 18% | $4,552 |
| Federal student loans | 8% | $4,679 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $6,519.
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 | $8,786 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $9,574 |
| Over $75,000 | $13,239 |
These figures reflect what title-IV aid recipients pay after grant and scholarship aid is applied.
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 | $10,271 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $10,179 |
To project your own net price, use Neosho County Community College’s net price calculator: www.neosho.edu/Portals/0/netpricecalculator/npcalc.htm.
A typical borrower at Neosho County Community College leaves with $5,500 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $5,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $8,500 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $90.11/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
Looking only at the median can be misleading because it hides the spread. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Neosho County Community College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,900 |
| 25th percentile | $2,891 |
| 75th percentile | $10,668 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $17,406 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $5,998 |
| Middle income | $5,213 |
| High income | $6,000 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $5,486 |
| Continuing-generation students | $7,000 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $4,977 |
| Independent students | $8,000 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for Neosho County Community College.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at Neosho County Community College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 4485 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $39,365,725 |
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 | 9 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $18,335 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $2,037 |
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.