by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students will never be charged the full, advertised sticker price of a school. Instead, they will be given a financial aid offer that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The sum total of attendance at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University can sound overpowering, but remember that the majority of students get some type of financial assistance.
What financial assistance options will SUNY Downstate offer, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Keep reading to learn just how much financial aid will be open to you.
The amount of financial aid you can receive varies from person to person and will depend on your family’s economic situation. The figures below will help you estimate the aid you might receive from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
Financial assistance, available as scholarships, loans, and work-study, is a way schools lower the price of attendance so many students can enroll. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At SUNY Downstate, roughly 20% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $5,045 (among about 57 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 20% | $5,045 |
| Federal Pell grants | 3% | $5,953 |
| Federal student loans | 43% | $9,352 |
A typical borrower at SUNY Downstate leaves with $12,500 of cumulative federal debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $12,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $12,500 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $132.52/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. The figures below chart the debt distribution at SUNY Downstate.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,897 |
| 25th percentile | $7,500 |
| 75th percentile | $19,166 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $30,250 |
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 | $12,500 |
| Middle income | $12,500 |
| High income | $12,500 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $12,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $13,875 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $10,006 |
| Independent students | $12,500 |
These indicators are derived from the underlying debt data and summarize the overall picture at SUNY Downstate.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at SUNY Downstate:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 5418 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $398,643,716 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 0 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $0 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 0 |
| Total DoD amount | $0 |
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