Stetson University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

Aid covers about 73% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. The pattern across income bands shows lower average net prices at lower incomes, from $15,931 in the lowest band to $26,904 in the highest, a spread of $10,973.

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that for the 2024-25 academic year, first-year students determined to have need received an average need-based grant of $48,329. Their average total package was $56,068, meeting 89% of need on average.

Of the 556 students with need, 190 had their need fully met. The university also reported that in the 2024-25 academic year, 130 first-year students received merit awards averaging $33,377.

The published cost of attendance at Stetson University is $72,533 (an average across living arrangements), and aid-adjusted prices differ across family-income bands. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $15,931 for the lowest family-income band, $14,657 for the lower-middle band, and $17,327 for the middle band.

For the upper-middle family-income band, the average net price is $22,600, while the average net price for the highest family-income band is $26,904. The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $10,973.

Azimuth ranks the university #855 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 73% of the published cost, with average financial aid savings of $53,161.

For first-time full-time aid recipients, the average net price is $19,372, which is $7,999 below the peer median of $27,371 for comparable institutions (same type and size). Published tuition and fees are $57,410, and room and board are listed at $17,728.

The aid offset and the lower peer comparison point in the same direction for aid recipients. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $23,250, and 91.2% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans.

That median is $949 below the peer median of $24,199 for comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $264 a month if repaid over ten years.

Median Parent PLUS borrowing is $48,703.

Federal borrowing touches 91.2% of federal aid recipients, and completers who borrowed have median federal student loan debt of $23,250. Among comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median is $24,199, placing Stetson University $949 below it.

For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $48,703. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that 57% of graduates borrowed from any source, with average cumulative debt of $29,276 per borrower.

Including 56% of graduates with federal loans, the average federal amount was $20,486. Private loans were held by 13% of graduates and averaged $40,463 per private borrower.

For prospective borrowers, lower-than-peer debt is offset by a less favorable earnings picture at Stetson University. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $57,773 four years after completion.

Azimuth places that earnings level in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, point in the same direction.

Graduates earn about $5,691 less than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places this measure in the 34th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The downside scenario is $44,904 and the upside scenario is $75,827, with the typical scenario at the same level as median earnings. Median federal student loan debt is $23,250, while the peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $24,199, leaving Stetson $949 below the peer figure.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $264 a month if repaid over ten years. Lower debt than peers sits alongside earnings below the model's expectation.

For the separate population of Parent PLUS parent borrowers, median borrowing is $48,703. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $264 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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