<p>This should probably be in the financial aid section, but I rather get feedback from columbia students. </p>
<p>On the school's site it says that for family incomes $30,000-$44,999, which is where my family falls, the average total awards is $36,154. Does anyone know how much of this is in loans? Ive heard too many horror stories about NYU and Cornell's financial aid programs....</p>
<p>Any feedback would be helpful, thanks.</p>
<p>I think Columbia is generally pretty good with grants. My family is in the next income level up and I had about 27,000 in grant, 2500 work study, and slightly over 3000 in loans. Yours would probably be significantly more grant and slightly more work study and loans. I have heard that they sometimes increase the loans after freshman year but that might be a rumor... If you have problems, the financial aid office, or at least the person we talked to, is really helpful and they will work with you if you make the effort to get in touch with them. I had huge financial aid drama and Columbia was amazing about it.</p>
<p>work study is never more than 2500.
the loans start at about 3000 but ALWAYS increase every year.
your financial aid package freshman year will be the best you will ever get (considering everything stays the same for you financially).</p>