Tennessee students paid $24,300 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $500 more than the $23,800 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, 206 students received grants or scholarships totaling $4.1 million and 125 students took out student loans totaling more than $921,875.
Including all undergraduates (1,008), 924 students used grants or scholarships totaling $16.6 million, and 566 students took out $4.8 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 | ~827 | $22,900 | $23,000 | $23,800 | $24,300 | 6.1% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Tennessee Wesleyan University 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 | 103 | 50% | $531,355 | $5,159 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 134 | 65% | $654,884 | $4,887 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 206 | 100% | $2,874,288 | $13,953 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 206 | 100% | $4,060,527 | $19,711 |
Federal student loans | 125 | 61% | $868,949 | $6,952 |
Other student loans | 7 | 3% | $52,926 | $7,561 |
Student loan aid | 125 | 61% | $921,875 | $7,375 |
Total student aid | 206 | 100% | - | - |