South Carolina students paid $43,985 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $2,030 more than the $41,955 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 97 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 439 students received grants or scholarships totaling $13 million and 213 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.9 million.
Including all undergraduates (1,666), 1,577 students used grants or scholarships totaling $47.9 million, and 761 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 | ~916 | $38,705 | $40,245 | $41,955 | $43,985 | 13.6% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Wofford 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 | 73 | 16% | $371,785 | $5,093 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 240 | 53% | $1,819,916 | $7,583 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 433 | 96% | $10,822,437 | $24,994 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 439 | 97% | $13,014,138 | $29,645 |
Federal student loans | 210 | 46% | $1,183,969 | $5,638 |
Other student loans | 39 | 9% | $746,504 | $19,141 |
Student loan aid | 213 | 47% | $1,930,473 | $9,063 |
Total student aid | 439 | 97% | - | - |