University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth reported that first-year recipients with need had an average 80% of need met in the 2024-25 academic year. Their average need-based grant was $14,061, and their average package was $20,507.

Of 1,037 first-year students determined to have need, 228 had need fully met. For the 2024-25 academic year, merit aid reached 293 first-year students and averaged $5,785.

Against a published cost of $33,485, aid recipients had an average net price, what they pay after grants and scholarships, of $20,927, leaving $12,558 off the sticker. Aid covers about 38% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.

Across income bands, averages are $15,976, $16,042, $17,530, $22,273, and $28,147, with lower average prices in the lower-income bands.

Family income shapes the price families face at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. The published cost of attendance is $33,485.

Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $15,976 for the lowest family-income band, $16,042 for the lower-middle band, $17,530 for the middle band, $22,273 for the upper-middle band, and $28,147 for the highest band. The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $12,171.

Azimuth ranks the university #781 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. Aid offsets part of the published cost, though the overall price remains higher than the peer benchmark.

For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 38% of the published cost, offsetting $12,558 against the sticker price. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $20,927.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $14,068, with the university’s average net price $6,859 above that figure. Aid reduces the listed cost, but the average price still sits above the comparable-institution median.

Federal borrowing is common among undergraduates here, and typical borrower debt is above the comparable-institution figure. 93.0% of federal aid recipients take federal loans.

Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $25,000. The peer median federal debt for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $21,229, and the university’s median is $3,771 above it.

Median Parent PLUS borrowing among parent borrowers is $22,757. The median federal debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years.

Debt at completion centers on $25,000 in median federal student loan debt for borrowers who completed. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $21,229, placing the university's median $3,771 above it.

For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $22,757. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that 78% of graduates borrowed from any source, with an average cumulative amount of $33,520 per borrower.

The reporting includes federal loans held by 78% of graduates, averaging $25,699. Private loans were held by 18% of graduates, averaging $30,757.

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth pairs earnings that sit above its peer benchmark with debt that also sits above peers. Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $69,251 four years after completion; Azimuth places that figure in the 75th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $10,508 more than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, in the 84th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings scenarios range from $49,125 in a downside case to $90,168 in an upside case, with $69,251 as the typical scenario. Median federal debt of $25,000 is above the $21,229 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size) by $3,771.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. Earnings beyond expectations sit alongside higher peer-relative borrowing.

For the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $22,757. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 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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