by our College Data Analytics TeamMany 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 total cost of going to Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos can seem overpowering, but remember that the majority of students are given some form of financial assistance.
Just what financing solutions does PMI San Marcos provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Read on 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 Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos.
Through a mix of loans, grants, work-study and scholarships, schools bring down the effective cost so more students can attend. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
At Pima Medical Institute-San Marcos, 80% of entering full-time freshmen got some type of financial assistance some 299 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 62% | $5,590 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 4% | $2,562 |
| Federal Pell grants | 62% | $5,357 |
| State/local grants | 2% | $3,693 |
| Federal student loans | 66% | $8,035 |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. Across the undergraduate body at PMI San Marcos, some 48% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $5,524 (across roughly 483 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 48% | $5,524 |
| Federal Pell grants | 47% | $5,302 |
| Federal student loans | 48% | $8,640 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $4,845.
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 | $29,803 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $32,902 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
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 | $27,365 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $32,498 |
For a personalized estimate based on your family’s financial situation, use PMI San Marcos’s online cost calculator: secure.pmi.edu/npcalc/.
The middle student in the debt distribution at PMI San Marcos owes $9,500 of federal borrowing.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $9,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $9,500 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $100.72/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. The figures below chart the debt distribution at PMI San Marcos.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,166 |
| 25th percentile | $5,498 |
| 75th percentile | $12,673 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $27,032 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,500 |
| Middle income | $9,500 |
| High income | $9,500 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,499 |
| Continuing-generation students | $9,500 |
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 PMI San Marcos.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at PMI San Marcos:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 85962 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $929,789,700 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 92 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $1,160,185 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $12,611 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 0 |
| Total DoD amount | $0 |
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