by our College Data Analytics TeamA lot 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 University of Valley Forge can seem tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students are given some form of financial help.
What financial assistance options will UVF offer you, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Keep reading to learn how much school funding will be available to you.
Eligibility for aid and scholarships is driven mostly by your household’s income and need. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from University of Valley Forge.
Through a mix of loans, grants, work-study and scholarships, schools bring down the effective cost so more students can attend. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
At University of Valley Forge, 100% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid approximately 96 first-years).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 100% | $18,369 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 97% | $14,271 |
| Federal Pell grants | 64% | $5,606 |
| State/local grants | 19% | $4,442 |
| Federal student loans | 83% | $5,440 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At UVF, roughly 95% of undergrads got grants or scholarships worth on average $7,713 (across roughly 471 students).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 95% | $7,713 |
| Federal Pell grants | 47% | $2,794 |
| Federal student loans | 72% | $4,852 |
Title-IV recipients living on campus saw average grant aid of $13,157.
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 | $24,190 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $26,852 |
| Over $75,000 | $29,971 |
The numbers above are post-aid net prices, so they already account for grants and scholarships.
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 | $32,265 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $27,499 |
To project your own net price, use UVF’s net price calculator: valleyforge.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/index-1.html.
The middle student in the debt distribution at UVF owes $20,166 in federal loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $20,166 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $27,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $286.24/mo |
That monthly figure reflects the median graduate debt repaid on a standard 10-year federal schedule.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. Use the percentiles below to see the debt range at UVF.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $4,296 |
| 25th percentile | $6,500 |
| 75th percentile | $28,125 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $40,000 |
Debt outcomes are not uniform — they shift with income, first-generation status, and dependency.
By Family Income
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $20,000 |
| Middle income | $19,250 |
| High income | $20,800 |
First-Gen vs Continuing-Gen Median Debt
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $20,000 |
| Continuing-generation students | $20,500 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $20,208 |
| Independent students | $20,000 |
Federal data publishes pre-calculated indicators that summarize debt outcomes. UVF.
Stafford loans are the federal government’s primary direct undergraduate lending program. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at UVF:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 4078 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $87,800,128 |
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 | 6 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $75,338 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $12,556 |
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.