Cost & financial aid brief
Benedictine University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid
How much does Benedictine University cost after financial aid?
At Benedictine University, aid covers about 52% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, a sticker-to-net gap of $24,400. The pattern across income bands is compressed.
The lowest income band averages $20,168, while the highest averages $27,454, a spread of $7,286. The three middle bands sit at $17,869, $18,628, and $23,517.
That narrow spread coincides with aid that reaches families well above the lowest income level.
Benedictine University publishes a cost of attendance of $46,713 (an average across living arrangements), before aid changes what families pay. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $20,168 for the lowest family-income band, $17,869 for the lower-middle band, $18,628 for the middle band, $23,517 for the upper-middle band, and $27,454 for the highest band.
The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $7,286, and Azimuth ranks the university #745 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 52% of the published cost, while the across all aid recipients is $22,313.
That average is $34 below the peer median of $22,347 at comparable institutions (same type and size). Published tuition and fees are $35,940, so the aid offset and slightly below-peer net price point in the same direction.
Among borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $22,500, and 88.8% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. That median sits $2,500 below the $25,000 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $256 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent PLUS borrowers have median borrowing of $22,900.
Student loans: what does repayment look like?
Federal borrowing is a major part of the cost picture at Benedictine University, although completers’ typical debt sits below the comparable-school median. Among federal-loan borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $22,500.
At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median is $25,000; the university’s median is $2,500 below that figure. Parent PLUS borrowers are a separate parent-borrower population, with median borrowing of $22,900.
Four years after completion, graduates of Benedictine University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $72,460. That figure sits at the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The median sits $16,545 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates of Benedictine University earn about $18,650 more than expects for similar students.
That places the gap at the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios range from $49,321 in a downside case to $91,160 in an upside case, with $72,460 as the typical outcome.
Borrowers who finish hold a median of $22,500 in federal student loans, $2,500 below the $25,000 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $256 a month if repaid over ten years.
For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing was $22,900. For borrowers with the median federal debt, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $256 a month if repaid over ten years.
Repayment figures are in the Financial GPS card below. Borrowing populations and model assumptions.
Parent loans: what can the family afford?
How Parent PLUS borrowing affects families
- Median Parent PLUS debt
- $22,900
- Estimated parent payment
- $291/mo
| Income | Risk level |
|---|---|
| $35,000 | High pressure |
| $50,000 | High pressure |
| $75,000 | High pressure |
| $100,000 | Caution |
| $150,000 | Safe |
| $200,000 | Safe |
The model holds the parent balance fixed and varies parent income. Read the assumptions and limits.
Student and parent loans: the monthly payments
Financial GPS
What does repayment look like?
- Institution median student debt
- $22,500
- Institution Parent PLUS debt
- $22,900
Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.
- Estimated student payment · monthly
- $256/mo
- Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
- $291/mo
- Modeled student + parent payments
- $547/mo
Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.
Student payment as a share of available income
At median graduate earnings of $72,460, with a $22,590 annual allowance for basic expenses:
6.2% of income above the allowance · Excellent
- Excellent Under 8% · selected scenario
- Good 8–under 12%
- Concerning 12–20%
- High risk Over 20%
How this estimate works
These are modeled earnings scenarios, not observed earnings percentiles. Annual student payments ÷ (earnings − basic-expense allowance). The starting allowance, $22,590, uses the published framework’s 2024 baseline; it is not a current local living-cost estimate. Change it for your budget, including taxes and other obligations. This combines school-level figures for illustration, not a typical individual’s budget or an official school rating. Parent PLUS is separate.
Payment assumptions
Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.
Data & methodology
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.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.
Net price and borrowing. The 2023–24 income-band averages include living costs and cover eligible first-time, full-time aid recipients; public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. They are not individual aid offers. Peer matching supplies overall net prices, not matched income-band averages. College Scorecard data and documentation.
A personal student-risk assessment also needs your major and borrowing plan; these school-level illustrations do not assign you a personal risk zone.
Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates. Private-loan figures from the Common Data Set are separate from these federal repayment illustrations.