Cost & financial aid brief
Woodbury University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid
How much does Woodbury University cost after financial aid?
For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 42% of the published cost. The sticker-to-net gap means that average recipients pay less than the published cost, though it does not describe any particular family’s award.
Across the income bands, the lower-income averages sit below the middle- and upper-income averages, with the highest-income band carrying the highest average net price. That ordering shows a pattern of lower average net prices at lower family incomes rather than a uniform discount.
The average savings and the band pattern therefore offer different views of the same aid picture: aid lowers published charges, but remaining costs vary substantially by family income.
At Woodbury University, the published cost of attendance is $58,010 (an average across living arrangements), and aid recipients’ prices differ across family-income bands. Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $28,815 in the lowest-income band, $28,368 in the lower-middle band, $30,748 in the middle band, $32,773 in the upper-middle band, and $39,808 in the highest-income band.
The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $10,993. Azimuth ranks the university #1,310 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.
For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 42% of the published cost, offsetting $24,318 against the sticker price. Across all aid recipients, the average net price is $33,692, which is $11,345 above the peer median of $22,347 at comparable institutions (same type and size).
Published tuition and fees are $47,056, and room and board are $14,843. Average aid reduces the published price, but the overall net price remains above that of comparable institutions.
Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $26,960, and 92.6% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans. That median is $1,960 above the peer median of $25,000 at comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $306 a month if repaid over ten years. Parent PLUS borrowers have median borrowing of $39,059.
Student loans: what does repayment look like?
Federal borrowing reaches 92.6% of federal aid recipients, so loan use is common at Woodbury University. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt at completion is $26,960.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $25,000; Woodbury’s median is $1,960 above it. For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $39,059.
Broad federal borrowing coincides with a median debt figure above the comparable-institution benchmark.
Graduates of Woodbury University earn a median of $66,794 four years after completion, at the 70th percentile nationally. That is $10,879 above the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $11,982 more than expects for similar students, an outcome that places the gap at the 87th percentile. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from $50,237 in a downside case to $74,641 in an upside case, with $66,794 as the typical outcome.
On the borrowing side, the median federal student debt at completion is $26,960, $1,960 above the $25,000 peer median. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $306 a month if repaid over ten years.
Among the separate population of parent borrowers, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $39,059. For borrowers with median federal student debt, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $306 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
- $39,059
- Estimated parent payment
- $496/mo
| Income | Risk level |
|---|---|
| $35,000 | High pressure |
| $50,000 | High pressure |
| $75,000 | High pressure |
| $100,000 | High pressure |
| $150,000 | Caution |
| $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
- $26,960
- Institution Parent PLUS debt
- $39,059
Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.
- Estimated student payment · monthly
- $306/mo
- Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
- $496/mo
- Modeled student + parent payments
- $802/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 $66,794, with a $22,590 annual allowance for basic expenses:
8.3% of income above the allowance · Good
- Excellent Under 8%
- Good 8–under 12% · selected scenario
- 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.