by our College Data Analytics TeamA lot of 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 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny can appear tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students obtain some kind of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does Penn State Greater Allegheny provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep going to see how much school funding could be available to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. The figures below will help you estimate the aid you might receive from Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny.
Financial aid, in the form of loans, grants, work-study, and scholarships, is one way colleges reduce the cost of attendance so most students can actually afford to attend. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
For incoming first-year students at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny, 94% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind some 116 new students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 86% | $11,121 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 85% | $6,366 |
| Federal Pell grants | 43% | $5,560 |
| State/local grants | 39% | $3,968 |
| Federal student loans | 61% | $5,360 |
Grants and scholarships are the most valuable form of aid because, unlike loans, they never have to be repaid. At Penn State Greater Allegheny, approximately 83% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $11,736 (for some 299 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 83% | $11,736 |
| Federal Pell grants | 41% | $5,672 |
| Federal student loans | 60% | $6,143 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $10,693.
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 | $8,218 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $12,555 |
| Over $75,000 | $20,903 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
Net price is the cost remaining after grant and scholarship aid is subtracted from the sticker price, and it is the most useful single number for estimating real cost.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $15,521 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $14,721 |
To project your own net price, use Penn State Greater Allegheny’s NPC: tuition.psu.edu/student-tuition-calculators.
The median student at Penn State Greater Allegheny graduates with $19,500 in federal loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $19,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $25,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $265.04/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. Use the percentiles below to see the debt range at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $4,750 |
| 25th percentile | $8,750 |
| 75th percentile | $27,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $34,000 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $19,000 |
| Middle income | $20,000 |
| High income | $19,700 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $19,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $19,500 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $19,500 |
| Independent students | $19,486 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. Penn State Greater Allegheny.
The Stafford loan program is the largest source of federal direct loans to undergraduates. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at Penn State Greater Allegheny:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 238368 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $4,885,479,531 |
GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the two federal aid programs targeted at military-affiliated students.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 13 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $163,752 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $12,596 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 1 |
| Total DoD amount | $750 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $750 |
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