New York students paid $19,042 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $328 more than the $18,714 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 97 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 830 students received grants or scholarships totaling $12.2 million and 431 students took out student loans totaling more than $2.8 million.
Including all undergraduates (9,031), 4,710 students used grants or scholarships totaling $52.4 million, and 3,823 students took out $27.4 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
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In-state | ~7,947 | $18,076 | $18,392 | $18,714 | $19,042 | 5.3% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Mercy College in 2015-16.Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
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Federal grants | 623 | 72% | $3,187,235 | $5,116 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 603 | 70% | $2,506,958 | $4,157 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 823 | 95% | $6,486,276 | $7,881 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 830 | 96% | $12,180,469 | $14,675 |
Federal student loans | 425 | 49% | $2,099,767 | $4,941 |
Other student loans | 54 | 6% | $709,844 | $13,145 |
Student loan aid | 431 | 50% | $2,809,611 | $6,519 |
Total student aid | 836 | 97% | - | - |