by our College Data Analytics TeamHere’s the full picture on paying for Platt College-Aurora, from sticker cost of attendance and projected degree cost to net price, debt at graduation, and aid breakdowns.
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The total published cost of attendance at Platt College-Aurora amounts to about $44,255.00 per academic year.
Cost of attendance here has been rising by around 6.1% annually, so the projections below total more than one year of attendance.
Median graduate debt at Platt College-Aurora is $33,443.00, which the Department of Education classifies as a High ($30-40k) debt-burden category.
The percentile spread of debt at graduation is shown below:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $3,666.00 |
| 25th | $14,000.00 |
| Median (50th) | $33,443.00 |
| 75th | $45,000.00 |
| 90th | $48,000.00 |
The gap between 10th and 90th percentile borrowers gives a sense of how uneven debt outcomes are.
Dig deeper into debt on the student-loan-debt breakdown.
Debt at graduation is far from uniform across income levels. Below the data splits borrowers across three income groups:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $39,742.00 |
| Middle income | $34,096.00 |
| High income | $27,160.00 |
Borrowers from lower-income families leave school with $12,582.00 more than graduates from high-income families.
Whether your parents attended college is associated with differences in median debt at graduation.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $34,192.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $31,424.00 |
First-generation borrowers from Platt College-Aurora graduate with $2,768.00 more median debt than continuing-generation peers.
Pell Grants are the federal government’s primary need-based undergraduate aid program. Pell vs non-Pell comparisons surface how debt breaks down by need.
The gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell median debt at Platt College-Aurora stands at $2,840.00. Federal data flags this school for Pell-related debt inequity.
The default-rate classification at Platt College-Aurora is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 8.3% |
To give some context for these rates, Stafford loans disbursed at Platt College-Aurora reach $38,495,180.00 over 1,514 student borrowers.
Numbers only tell part of the story. As you weigh Platt College-Aurora, think through the questions below:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.