by our College Data Analytics TeamA large number of students will not be asked to pay 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 total cost of going to Trinity International University-Illinois can seem tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students are given some form of financial help.
Just what financial assistance solutions will TIU Illinois deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Read on for answers. Scroll down to discover how much school funding could 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 Trinity International University-Illinois.
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.
Looking at the entering class at Trinity International University-Illinois, 100% of new full-time first-years were awarded at least some aid around 8 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 100% | $13,680 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 100% | $2,398 |
| Federal Pell grants | 100% | $3,515 |
| State/local grants | 100% | $4,288 |
| Federal student loans | 25% | $6,773 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At TIU Illinois, some 89% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $3,893 (for some 125 recipients).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 89% | $3,893 |
| Federal Pell grants | 89% | $2,326 |
| Federal student loans | 61% | $3,237 |
On-campus students receiving title-IV aid were awarded grants averaging $13,680.
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 | $17,080 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $19,195 |
| Over $75,000 | $23,925 |
Each amount is the average cost remaining once grant aid is subtracted, by income band.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $2,835 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $21,386 |
To get a personalized net price estimate, try TIU Illinois’s official net price calculator: www.tiu.edu/net-price-calculator/.
The median federal debt load at TIU Illinois comes to $19,500 of federal borrowing.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $19,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $26,082 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $276.51/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
A single median figure conceals how much debt outcomes differ student to student. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at TIU Illinois.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,500 |
| 25th percentile | $7,000 |
| 75th percentile | $29,500 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $43,397 |
The figures below break down median federal debt by income tier, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $19,554 |
| Middle income | $19,343 |
| High income | $19,375 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $20,430 |
| Continuing-generation students | $17,748 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $15,000 |
| Independent students | $28,734 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. TIU Illinois.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at TIU Illinois:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 9229 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $303,649,899 |
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 | 10 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $139,319 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $13,932 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 1 |
| Total DoD amount | $1,008 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $1,008 |
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