financial aid

Colleges & Universities A-Z Carnegie Mellon University
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<p>in terms of aid...are most students happy with their package?</p>

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<p>bump.........</p>

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<p>Financial Aid Statistics (from collegeboard.com)</p>

<pre><code>* Full-time freshman enrollment: 1,424
* Number who applied for need-based aid: 951
* Number who were judged to have need: 738
* Number who were offered aid: 734
* Number who had full need met: 204

  • Average percent of need met: 79%
  • Average financial aid package: $23,575
  • Average need-based loan: $4,368
  • Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $18,126
  • Average non-need based aid: $8,969
  • Average indebtedness at graduation: $27,395 </code></pre>

<p>Wish I would have saved the 65 dollars and not applied because it doesn't look affordable at all.</p>

<p>Plus theres that other thread in this forum that mentions the tuition increase bringing the estimated total up near 50k</p>