New York students paid $37,763 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $785 more than the $36,978 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 96 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 1,301 students received grants or scholarships totaling $31.9 million and 767 students took out student loans totaling more than $5.5 million.
Including all undergraduates (15,196), 5,792 students used grants or scholarships totaling $111.6 million, and 4,014 students took out $31 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 | 11,397 | $35,546 | $36,256 | $36,978 | $37,763 | 6.2% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at LIU Post 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 | 616 | 45% | $3,384,209 | $5,494 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 679 | 49% | $3,025,398 | $4,456 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 1,241 | 90% | $25,462,812 | $20,518 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 1,301 | 95% | $31,872,419 | $24,498 |
Federal student loans | 733 | 53% | $3,841,475 | $5,241 |
Other student loans | 156 | 11% | $1,693,223 | $10,854 |
Student loan aid | 767 | 56% | $5,534,698 | $7,216 |
Total student aid | 1,316 | 96% | - | - |