Alfred University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

Aid materially reduces the published charge for the average recipient, though the remaining cost differs by family income. The published cost of $57,445 becomes an average net price of $25,620 for aid recipients, a sticker-to-net gap of $31,825.

Aid covers about 55% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. The lowest and second-lowest income bands have lower average net prices than the middle and upper bands, with the highest-income band carrying the largest average remaining price.

That pattern shows aid is more concentrated toward lower-income bands on average, rather than setting one price for every recipient.

Alfred University posts a published cost of attendance of $57,445. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $16,512 for families earning under $30,000, $22,125 for those earning $48,001-$75,000, and $33,388 for families earning over $110,000.

The gap from the lowest to highest band is $16,876. In Azimuth's comparison of nonprofit four-year institutions, the university ranks #1,032 for affordability.

For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 55% of the published cost, offsetting $31,825 from the sticker price. The all-recipient average net price is $25,620.

That is $3,273 above the peer median net price of $22,347 for comparable institutions (same type and size). Published tuition and fees are $41,500, and room and board are $15,380.

The aid offset is substantial, though the average price after aid remains above the comparable-institution midpoint. Federal-loan borrowers who completed leave with median federal student loan debt of $26,000, and 96.7% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans.

The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $25,000, placing the university's median $1,000 above that figure. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 a month if repaid over ten years.

Median Parent PLUS borrowing is $20,269.

Borrowing is widespread at Alfred University: 96.7% of federal aid recipients take federal loans, making the debt figures relevant to most undergraduate borrowers. For borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $26,000.

At comparable institutions (same type and size), the median federal debt is $25,000, and Alfred University's figure is $1,000 above it. For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $20,269.

Access is the strongest pillar at Alfred University, but its return figures give a more cautious picture. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled report median earnings of $58,242 four years after completion; Azimuth places that figure in the 44th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, also ranks in the 22nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,159 less than the model expects for similar students.

The downside scenario is $41,139 and the upside scenario is $79,473; the typical scenario matches the reported median earnings. Median federal student loan debt at completion is $26,000, which is $1,000 above the $25,000 peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size).

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 a month if repaid over ten years. Below-expected earnings and debt above the peer median point in the same direction.

For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing stands at $20,269. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 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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