by our College Data Analytics TeamMany 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 sum total of attendance at United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos can sound overwhelming, but bear in mind that many students get some type of financial aid.
What financial aid options can United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos offer you, and what will you qualify for? Keep reading for more information. Read on to discover just how much financial aid could be open 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 United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos.
Colleges use loans, grants, scholarships and work-study to minimize what students actually pay out of pocket. Keep in mind that certain forms of assistance are more beneficial than others, and aid amounts differ from student to student.
Among first-time, full-time freshmen at United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos, 98% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid around 439 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 91% | $5,492 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 18% | $854 |
| Federal Pell grants | 90% | $5,344 |
| State/local grants | 0% | $5,000 |
| Federal student loans | 86% | $7,669 |
Unlike loans, grants and scholarships are gift aid that does not need to be paid back, making them the most desirable form of assistance. Here, about 89% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $4,508 (across approximately 1178 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 89% | $4,508 |
| Federal Pell grants | 67% | $4,848 |
| Federal student loans | 64% | $7,029 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $4,990.
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 | $25,495 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $25,452 |
| Over $75,000 | $31,171 |
The numbers above are post-aid net prices, so they already account for grants and scholarships.
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 | $29,253 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $26,395 |
For a customized cost estimate, visit United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos’s net price calculator: enroll.uei.edu/Npc.
The median student at United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos graduates with $9,500 of federal student loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $9,500 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $9,500 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $100.72/mo |
At a typical 10-year repayment schedule, the median graduate would pay about the monthly figure above.
Looking only at the median can be misleading because it hides the spread. The figures below chart the debt distribution at United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,480 |
| 25th percentile | $5,500 |
| 75th percentile | $9,500 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $9,500 |
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 | $9,500 |
| Middle income | $8,757 |
| High income | $5,500 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $9,500 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $5,500 |
| Independent students | $9,500 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos.
Stafford loans make up the bulk of federal direct lending to undergraduates. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at United Education Institute-UEI College San Marcos:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 92901 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $796,390,046 |
GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the two federal aid programs targeted at military-affiliated students.
Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 182 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $1,984,885 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $10,906 |
DoD program volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 0 |
| Total DoD amount | $0 |
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