by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will never be charged the advertised price of a school. Instead, they will be provided a financial aid package that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The total price of attendance at St Bonaventure University can feel tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students receive some sort of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does St. Bonaventure deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep reading to learn what amount of financial assistance will be accessible to you.
How much aid you qualify for depends largely on your family’s financial circumstances. Use the information below to understand how much financial assistance you may get from St Bonaventure University.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
For freshmen starting at St Bonaventure University, 99% of first-year full-time students received aid of some kind some 570 students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 99% | $29,720 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 99% | $27,670 |
| Federal Pell grants | 26% | $4,355 |
| State/local grants | 27% | $2,648 |
| Federal student loans | 87% | $6,803 |
Because grants and scholarships do not have to be repaid, they are the most sought-after type of financial aid. At St. Bonaventure, roughly 99% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $23,195 (among about 1886 recipients).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 99% | $23,195 |
| Federal Pell grants | 27% | $5,303 |
| Federal student loans | 93% | $11,679 |
On-campus students receiving title-IV aid were awarded grants averaging $30,197.
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 | $16,371 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $20,094 |
| Over $75,000 | $31,195 |
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 | $27,074 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $27,151 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see St. Bonaventure’s net price calculator: tccpreview.ruffalonl.com/St-Bonaventure-University/FreshmanStudents.
The median student at St. Bonaventure graduates with $19,500 of federal student loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $19,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $26,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $275.64/mo |
That monthly figure reflects the median graduate debt repaid on a standard 10-year federal schedule.
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 St. Bonaventure.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $5,500 |
| 25th percentile | $11,358 |
| 75th percentile | $28,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $31,000 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $18,500 |
| Middle income | $18,500 |
| High income | $20,500 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $19,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $19,500 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $19,500 |
| Independent students | $18,875 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at St. Bonaventure.
Most undergraduate borrowing runs through the federal Stafford loan program. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at St. Bonaventure:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 9518 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $198,006,851 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 22 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $450,771 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $20,490 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 4 |
| Total DoD amount | $8,500 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $2,125 |
References
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