Kentucky students paid $26,160 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $1,090 more than the $25,070 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 100 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 192 students received grants or scholarships totaling $2.1 million and 144 students took out student loans totaling more than $817,666.
Including all undergraduates (830), 683 students used grants or scholarships totaling $5.7 million, and 471 students took out $4.1 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 | ~573 | $23,120 | $24,050 | $25,070 | $26,160 | 13.1% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Kentucky Wesleyan 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 | 151 | 79% | $250,297 | $1,658 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 135 | 70% | $341,694 | $2,531 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 191 | 99% | $1,482,902 | $7,764 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 192 | 100% | $2,074,893 | $10,807 |
Federal student loans | 128 | 67% | $455,642 | $3,560 |
Other student loans | 16 | 8% | $362,024 | $22,627 |
Student loan aid | 144 | 75% | $817,666 | $5,678 |
Total student aid | 192 | 100% | - | - |