by our College Data Analytics TeamA lot of 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 sum total of attendance at Seattle Central College can sound overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students get some type of financial aid.
Just what financial assistance solutions will Seattle Central provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Read on for answers. Keep going to discover how much school funding could be available to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. Use the information below to understand how much financial assistance you may get from Seattle Central College.
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.
Looking at the entering class at Seattle Central College, 72% of the incoming full-time class was awarded financial aid some 506 new students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 55% | $6,805 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 26% | $1,532 |
| Federal Pell grants | 35% | $4,948 |
| State/local grants | 41% | $3,481 |
| Federal student loans | 4% | $5,970 |
Gift aid — grants and scholarships — beats loans every time because none of it has to be repaid. Here, approximately 44% of undergraduate students received gift aid averaging $6,678 (among about 2305 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 44% | $6,678 |
| Federal Pell grants | 21% | $4,387 |
| Federal student loans | 3% | $7,084 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $9,070.
Since aid is largely need-based, the real cost of attendance falls steeply for lower-income families.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $5,757 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $7,165 |
| Over $75,000 | $8,155 |
Each figure is the net price after grants and scholarships, not the published sticker price.
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 | $8,819 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $6,329 |
To project your own net price, use Seattle Central’s net price calculator: seattlecentral.edu/enrollment-and-funding/financial-aid-and-funding/financial-aid/net-price-calculator.
A typical borrower at Seattle Central leaves with $8,943 of federal student loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $8,943 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $12,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $127.22/mo |
The 10-year payment estimate assumes a standard federal repayment plan and the median graduate debt amount.
A single median figure conceals how much debt outcomes differ student to student. Use the percentiles below to see the debt range at Seattle Central.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $2,334 |
| 25th percentile | $3,500 |
| 75th percentile | $13,042 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $19,000 |
How much a student borrows depends heavily on family income, first-gen status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $9,221 |
| Middle income | $9,068 |
| High income | $7,292 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $8,587 |
| Continuing-generation students | $9,500 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $9,500 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for Seattle Central.
Stafford loans make up the bulk of federal direct lending to undergraduates. Below is the annual Stafford program activity at Seattle Central:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 3118 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $30,016,129 |
Military-affiliated students can tap the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 144 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $567,004 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $3,938 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 28 |
| Total DoD amount | $99,065 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $3,538 |
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