by our College Data Analytics TeamMost 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 total cost of going to University of Washington-Tacoma Campus can seem overpowering, but remember that the majority of students are given some form of financial assistance.
Just what financial aid solutions can UW Tacoma provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep reading for answers. Keep scrolling to find out what amount of financial assistance will be accessible to you.
Your financial aid package, which may contain grants and scholarships, will be determined on your financial need. The figures below will help you estimate the aid you might receive from University of Washington-Tacoma Campus.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
At University of Washington-Tacoma Campus, 91% of the incoming full-time class was awarded financial aid roughly 564 students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 86% | $12,161 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 78% | $4,676 |
| Federal Pell grants | 39% | $5,266 |
| State/local grants | 57% | $8,380 |
| Federal student loans | 23% | $4,471 |
Grants and scholarships are the most valuable form of aid because, unlike loans, they never have to be repaid. Across the undergraduate body at UW Tacoma, around 67% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $15,722 (across roughly 2697 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 67% | $15,722 |
| Federal Pell grants | 40% | $5,606 |
| Federal student loans | 27% | $6,069 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $15,183.
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 | $5,351 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $6,889 |
| Over $75,000 | $20,226 |
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 | $10,163 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $10,017 |
To project your own net price, use UW Tacoma’s official net price calculator: www.tacoma.uw.edu/finaid/calculator.
The middle student in the debt distribution at UW Tacoma owes $12,375 in federal student debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $12,375 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $14,615 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $154.94/mo |
Spreading the median graduate debt over a standard 10-year repayment schedule works out to roughly the monthly payment shown above.
Looking only at the median can be misleading because it hides the spread. The percentiles below describe the cumulative federal debt distribution for borrowers at UW Tacoma.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $3,122 |
| 25th percentile | $6,037 |
| 75th percentile | $21,566 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $28,000 |
Outcomes differ by income bracket, by first-generation status, and by whether a student is financially dependent.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $12,184 |
| Middle income | $11,667 |
| High income | $12,851 |
First-Generation Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $12,055 |
| Continuing-generation students | $12,500 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $11,696 |
| Independent students | $14,204 |
The Department of Education computes summary indicators that describe debt outcomes at a glance. UW Tacoma.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. Below is the annual Stafford program activity at UW Tacoma:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 94760 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $2,417,917,439 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 339 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $3,635,241 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $10,723 |
Active-duty Tuition Assistance recipients
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 14 |
| Total DoD amount | $43,272 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $3,091 |
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