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 Triton College can feel tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students receive some sort of financial help.
What financial aid options can Triton College offer you, and what will you qualify for? Keep reading for more information. Keep going to find out what amount of financial assistance will be accessible to you.
How much aid you qualify for depends largely on your family’s financial circumstances. The figures below will help you estimate the aid you might receive from Triton College.
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.
Looking at the entering class at Triton College, 73% of the incoming full-time class was awarded financial aid roughly 606 new students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 69% | $7,716 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 21% | $5,336 |
| Federal Pell grants | 54% | $5,405 |
| State/local grants | 52% | $2,196 |
| Federal student loans | 2% | $4,931 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At Triton College, some 35% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $5,669 (among about 3219 undergraduates).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 35% | $5,669 |
| Federal Pell grants | 25% | $4,426 |
| Federal student loans | 2% | $5,234 |
Among title-IV aid recipients living on campus, grant and scholarship aid averaged $8,097.
The figures below show the average net price — cost after all grant and scholarship aid — broken out by family income.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $3,594 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $4,747 |
| Over $75,000 | $8,495 |
Each figure is the net price after grants and scholarships, not the published sticker price.
The net price strips out grant and scholarship aid from the sticker price to show roughly what families really pay.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $4,138 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $4,427 |
For an estimate tailored to your family circumstances, see Triton College’s NPC: online2.triton.edu/netpricecalculator/.
The median federal debt load at Triton College comes to $5,500 of federal borrowing.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $5,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $9,413 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $99.79/mo |
At a typical 10-year repayment schedule, the median graduate would pay about the monthly figure above.
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. Use the percentiles below to see the debt range at Triton College.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $1,339 |
| 25th percentile | $2,300 |
| 75th percentile | $8,680 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $15,400 |
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 | $5,876 |
| Middle income | $5,000 |
| High income | $5,407 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $5,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $5,250 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $4,500 |
| Independent students | $7,084 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. Triton College.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. These figures summarize annual Stafford program activity at Triton College:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 5649 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $48,904,323 |
Military-affiliated students can tap the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 36 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $106,873 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $2,969 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 1 |
| Total DoD amount | $3,971 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $3,971 |
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