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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Cost of college went up for all students at Saint Ambrose University

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Tuition and fees rose 2.9 percent for 2018-19 at Saint Ambrose University, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Iowa students paid $30,894 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $878 more than the $30,016 charged for 2017-18.

Data shows 100 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 546 students received grants or scholarships totaling $10.3 million and 406 students took out student loans totaling more than $3.7 million.

Including all undergraduates (3,045), 2,202 students used grants or scholarships totaling $38.8 million, and 1,633 students took out $11.8 million in federal student loans.

The cost of attending
Enrollment2015-162016-172017-182018-19Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state~670$28,380$29,150$30,016$30,8948.9%

Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Saint Ambrose University in 2015-16.
Type of AidNumber of students receiving aidPercent receiving aidTotal amount of aid receivedAverage amount of aid per student
Federal grants15829%$697,502$4,415
State / local grant or scholarship6312%$336,239$5,337
Institutional grants or scholarships545100%$9,241,691$16,957
Grant or scholarship aid total546100%$10,275,432$18,819
Federal student loans39973%$2,296,862$5,757
Other student loans9918%$1,385,903$13,999
Student loan aid40674%$3,682,765$9,071
Total student aid546100%--

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