Lewis University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

Aid covers much of the published cost for the average recipient, but the price pattern is more favorable in the lower family-income bands. Against a published cost of $47,313 (an average across living arrangements), the average net price of $17,028 reflects $30,285 in average aid savings.

Aid covers about 64% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Average net prices remain lower across the lowest income bands, then move higher in the upper bands, rather than holding near one price across family incomes.

This pattern shows more aid offset at lower incomes and less offset at higher incomes; it describes band averages, not what a particular family will receive.

At Lewis University, the published cost of attendance is $47,313 (an average across living arrangements), but aid recipients see lower average prices that vary by family income. The average net price is $10,382 in the lowest-income family-income band, $11,712 in the lower-middle family-income band, $12,178 in the middle family-income band, $19,908 in the upper-middle family-income band, and $25,035 in the highest-income family-income band.

That span is $14,653, and Azimuth ranks Lewis University #453 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 64% of the published cost and offsets $30,285.

Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $17,028. Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a peer median net price of $27,371, making Lewis $10,343 below.

Published tuition and fees are $39,200, and room and board are $12,140. Aid coverage and a below-peer net price point in the same direction.

Federal borrowing is widespread: 91.0% of federal aid recipients borrow, and borrowers who complete have median federal student loan debt of $21,500 at completion. The peer median debt at comparable institutions (same type and size) is $24,199, leaving Lewis $2,699 below.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $244 a month if repaid over ten years. For Parent PLUS borrowers, median borrowing is $23,044.

Borrowing is widespread at Lewis University, but typical federal debt at completion sits below that of comparable peers. Among completers who borrowed federal loans, median federal student loan debt is $21,500.

Federal loans are used by 91.0% of federal aid recipients. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median federal debt is $24,199, placing the university's median $2,699 below it.

Parent PLUS borrowers are a separate parent-borrower population, with median borrowing of $23,044.

The investment picture at Lewis University turns on two numbers that point the same way: graduates earn more than the model predicts, and they borrow less than the typical peer. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $66,586, at the 69th percentile nationally.

That figure sits $1,664 below the $68,250 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $2,363 more than the model expects for similar students.

The gap lands at the 64th percentile nationally. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from $51,589 in a downside case to $85,701 in an upside case, with a typical scenario of $66,586.

Borrowers who complete leave with a median of $21,500 in federal student loans, which is $2,699 below the peer median of $24,199. If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $244 a month.

For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing stands at $23,044. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $244 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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