Financial Aid Scenarios

Wheaton students represent a wide range of social and economic backgrounds. Each student's financial aid will be based on the family's need and a combination of grants/scholarships (if eligible) and loans.

These are some examples of possible financial aid given to students.

 

 

Home State

Student 1

     MN

Student 2

      PA

Student 3

     CA

Student 4

      IL

Student 5

       IL

Parents' Finances

         

Adjusted Gross Income

 $97,500  $85,500  $133,000  $30,000  $164,000

Savings and Investments

 $37,500  $141,000  $1,000  $500  $15,000

Home Equity

 $220,000  $185,000  $80,000  $8,000  $217,000

Family Size

 5  4  3  5  4

Number of children in college

 2  1  1  1  2

Student ACT/SAT score

 1150  28  1450  1250  34

Student Unweighted High School GPA (4.0 scale)

 3.5  3.4  3.9  3.8  4
           

Total Direct Cost

 $38,680  $38,680  $38,680  $38,680  $38,680
           

Financial Aid Award

         

Merit-based Academic Scholarship

 $0  $0  $3,500  $0  $3,500

Federal Need-based Grant

 $0  $0  $0  $7,150  $0

State Need-based Grant

 $0  $370  $0  $4,720  $0

Wheaton Institutional Grant

 $19,344  $10,995  $2,358  $15,374  $11,061

Total grant/gift aid

 $19,344  $11,365  $5,858  $27,244  $14,561

 

         

Cost after gift aid (Net Price)

 $19,336  $27,315  $32,822  $11,436  $24,119

Student Loan eligibility

 $7,500  $7,500  $5,500  $7,500  $5,500
           

Balance Due

 $11,836  $19,815  $27,322  $3,936  $18,619
           

Payments

         

Outside Scholarship

       -  $1,500        -  $500        -

Parent PLUS Loan

       -  $5,000  $10,000       -        -

Payment from savings

       -  $4,000        -  - -

Monthly Payments:
10-month Wheaton Installment Plan (WIP)


 $1,184

 $932

 $1,732

 $344

 $1,862

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