Minnesota students paid $5,416 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $6 more than the $5,410 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 88 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 311 students received grants or scholarships totaling $1.3 million and 240 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.6 million.
Including all undergraduates (2,614), 1,277 students used grants or scholarships totaling $5.3 million, and 764 students took out $5 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 | ~2,562 | $5,402 | $5,358 | $5,410 | $5,416 | 0.3% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Alexandria Technical & Community 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 | 180 | 41% | $720,393 | $4,002 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 232 | 53% | $357,974 | $1,543 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 162 | 37% | $192,099 | $1,186 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 311 | 71% | $1,270,466 | $4,085 |
Federal student loans | 237 | 54% | $1,284,197 | $5,419 |
Other student loans | 40 | 9% | $267,100 | $6,678 |
Student loan aid | 240 | 55% | $1,551,297 | $6,464 |
Total student aid | 387 | 88% | - | - |