by our College Data Analytics TeamThis guide covers the real cost of attending School of Automotive Machinists & Technology, from the published cost of attendance and projected degree cost through to net price, median student debt at graduation, default outcomes, and how aid varies by family income.
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The net price figure shows the cost after grants and scholarships are deducted. For most families it is a more realistic figure than the published cost.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $28,242.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $26,359.00 |
The real cost varies by income because need-based aid scales with financial need. The table below shows the average net price by family-income bracket:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $23,655.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $25,846.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $26,239.00 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $29,941.00 |
| Over $110,000 | $29,941.00 |
Get a tailored estimate from the School of Automotive Machinists & Technology Net Price Calculator, or get in touch with the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the financial aid breakdown.
Median graduate debt at School of Automotive Machinists & Technology is $9,500.00, landing it in the Very Low (<$10k) burden category.
The percentile breakdown reveals the full debt landscape:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $5,500.00 |
| 25th | $6,729.00 |
| Median (50th) | $9,500.00 |
| 75th | $24,125.00 |
| 90th | $28,479.00 |
The 10th-to-90th-percentile spread is one signal of how variable debt outcomes are across the student body.
Dig deeper into debt on the student loan debt page.
Debt at graduation is far from uniform across income levels. The breakdown below segments borrowers by family income at entry:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,500.00 |
| Middle income | $9,677.00 |
| High income | $5,500.00 |
Borrowers from lower-income families leave school with $4,000.00 more debt than high-income graduates.
Whether your parents attended college is associated with differences in median debt at graduation.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,500.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $9,500.00 |
Pell Grant eligibility is a useful proxy for low-income status among undergraduates. The Pell vs non-Pell debt gap reveals how borrowing differs by need.
The median debt difference between Pell-eligible and non-Pell graduates of School of Automotive Machinists & Technology stands at $4,000.00. This school is flagged by the Department of Education for Pell-related debt inequity.
The federal default-rate tier for School of Automotive Machinists & Technology is Low (<5%).
For scale, federal Stafford loan disbursements at School of Automotive Machinists & Technology total $10,437,872.00 across 811 student borrowers.
Veterans and active-duty servicemembers can tap dedicated federal aid programs including the GI Bill and Tuition Assistance from the Department of Defense.
| GI Bill recipients | 26 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $15,045.00 |
Explore GI Bill and military aid in detail on the veterans benefits detail.
The data above is a foundation; round it out by asking yourself about School of Automotive Machinists & Technology, consider the following:
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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.