by our College Data Analytics TeamMany students are not billed 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 Wagner College can seem overpowering, but remember that the majority of students are given some form of financial assistance.
What financial assistance options will Wagner offer, and what will you qualify for? Read on for more information. Read on 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. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at Wagner College.
Aid such as grants, loans, work-study, and scholarships helps colleges decrease the real cost of attendance for most students. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
For incoming first-year students at Wagner College, 100% of entering full-time freshmen got some type of financial assistance roughly 398 new students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 100% | $37,897 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 100% | $35,479 |
| Federal Pell grants | 27% | $5,713 |
| State/local grants | 16% | $4,572 |
| Federal student loans | 57% | $5,500 |
Grants and scholarships are the most valuable form of aid because, unlike loans, they never have to be repaid. Across the undergraduate body at Wagner, about 99% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $34,205 (across approximately 1566 undergraduates).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 99% | $34,205 |
| Federal Pell grants | 24% | $5,885 |
| Federal student loans | 53% | $6,940 |
For students living on campus and receiving title-IV aid, grants averaged $37,333.
Need-based aid means lower-income families typically pay far less than the sticker price suggests.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $23,394 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $26,396 |
| Over $75,000 | $29,699 |
These figures reflect what title-IV aid recipients pay after grant and scholarship aid is applied.
Net price is the cost remaining after grant and scholarship aid is subtracted from the sticker price, and it is the most useful single number for estimating real cost.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $28,241 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $27,733 |
To get a personalized net price estimate, try Wagner’s online cost calculator: wagner.edu/financial-aid/forms/net-price-calculator/.
The median federal debt load at Wagner comes to $21,000 of federal borrowing.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $21,000 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $25,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $265.04/mo |
The 10-year payment estimate assumes a standard federal repayment plan and the median graduate debt amount.
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. The figures below chart the debt distribution at Wagner.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $5,500 |
| 25th percentile | $10,000 |
| 75th percentile | $27,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $31,500 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
Debt by Income Tier
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $22,000 |
| Middle income | $21,329 |
| High income | $20,500 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $21,500 |
| Continuing-generation students | $19,500 |
Dependent vs Independent Students
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $20,000 |
| Independent students | $25,000 |
A handful of calculated indicators summarize the debt outlook at Wagner.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at Wagner:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 6697 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $122,708,825 |
Veterans and active-duty service members may qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or DoD Tuition Assistance.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 14 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $363,892 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $25,992 |
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