by our College Data Analytics TeamThe majority of students are not billed 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 South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi can feel overpowering, but remember that the majority of students receive some sort of financial assistance.
What financing options does South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi offer, and what will you qualify for? Keep scrolling for more information. Keep scrolling to find out how much school funding will be available to you.
How much aid you qualify for depends largely on your family’s financial circumstances. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi.
Colleges use loans, grants, scholarships and work-study to minimize what students actually pay out of pocket. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
For freshmen starting at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi, 91% of new full-time first-years were awarded at least some aid (about 217 students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 85% | $6,145 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 0% | — |
| Federal Pell grants | 85% | $6,099 |
| State/local grants | 23% | $280 |
| Federal student loans | 85% | $7,258 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At this school, some 83% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $5,912 (for some 542 undergraduates).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 83% | $5,912 |
| Federal Pell grants | 83% | $5,838 |
| Federal student loans | 85% | $7,156 |
For on-campus title-IV students, average grant aid came to $5,983.
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 | $20,411 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $22,280 |
| Over $75,000 | $24,049 |
Remember these are net prices — what families pay after gift aid, not before.
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 | $20,477 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $22,294 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi’s NPC: www.stvt.edu/NetPrice/CorpusChristi/.
The middle student in the debt distribution at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi owes $10,661 in federal loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $10,661 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $15,917 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $168.75/mo |
The 10-year payment estimate assumes a standard federal repayment plan and the median graduate debt amount.
Percentiles reveal the spread — half of all borrowers fall between the 25th and 75th percentiles. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,530 |
| 25th percentile | $6,333 |
| 75th percentile | $13,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $16,500 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $10,657 |
| Middle income | $11,457 |
| High income | $9,111 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $10,587 |
| Continuing-generation students | $12,139 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $9,500 |
| Independent students | $11,943 |
Federal data publishes pre-calculated indicators that summarize debt outcomes. South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. The totals below capture Stafford lending at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 126669 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $1,878,020,953 |
GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the two federal aid programs targeted at military-affiliated students.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 32 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $341,761 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $10,680 |
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