Adrian College Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

Aid covers about 55% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. That share describes the sticker-to-net gap for aid recipients as a group, not the grant total or final bill for any one family.

The income pattern is consistent across the listed bands: the lowest-income group has the lowest average net price, and each successive group faces a higher average. This is a pattern of aid reaching further against published costs at lower family incomes, not a statement about how any individual package is set.

For families comparing offers, the published cost and the average aid reduction need to be read alongside the income-band pattern. The average aid share and the upward progression in net prices both indicate that costs after aid vary by family income.

For families receiving aid, the listed annual cost at Adrian College is $56,003 (an average across living arrangements) before grants and scholarships. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $19,542 in the lowest family-income band, $21,571 in the lower-middle band, $24,162 in the middle band, $27,166 in the upper-middle band, and $28,652 in the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $9,110, a difference between band averages. Azimuth ranks the college #1,150 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Aid covers about 55% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, offsetting $30,635 against the sticker price. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $25,368; published tuition and fees are $41,684, with room and board listed at $20,260.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $22,347, and Adrian’s average net price is $3,021 above it. Aid reduces the listed cost substantially, though the average price remains above the comparable-institution median.

Borrowing is common among Adrian completers: median federal student loan debt at completion is $27,000, and 98.2% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. The peer median federal debt for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $25,000, putting Adrian’s median $2,000 above that figure.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent borrowers have median Parent PLUS borrowing of $38,405.

At Adrian College, federal borrowing is widespread: 98.2% of federal aid recipients take federal loans, and borrowers who complete have median federal student loan debt of $27,000. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median is $25,000; Adrian College's median is $2,000 above that figure.

For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $38,405.

Four years after completing their degrees, Adrian College graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $55,233. That figure sits in the 34th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $9,476 less than the model expects for similar students. That result places earnings beyond expectations in the 21st percentile.

Earnings scenarios run from $50,260 on the downside to $71,432 on the upside, with $55,233 as the typical case. The median federal debt for completers who borrowed is $27,000, standing $2,000 above the comparable-institution median of $25,000.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years. Below-expected earnings and debt above the peer median point the same way.

For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $38,405. For student borrowers with the median federal debt, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $307 a month if repaid over ten years.

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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