Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 61.45
Liaison Natalie Sobrinski
Submission Date Dec. 23, 2022

STARS v2.2

Muhlenberg College
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.87 / 4.00 Greg Mitton
Director of Financial Aid
Admissions
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Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
85

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
33

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
21

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
77

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:

Muhlenberg does have policies in place to make tuition affordable for traditional low-income students. Although we do not have policies specifically geared towards low-income students, our financial aid policy is set up in such a way that tuition is affordable for everyone.


A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:

The Division of Graduate and Continuing Education will assign an Academic Advisor to all non-traditional students, providing enrollment guidance and other academic support through graduation. Non-traditional students have access to campus departments including Career Services, Student Health Services, Disability Services, the Life Sports Center, and the Academic Resource Center.


Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Data is current as of Fall 2021 Census date.

Non-traditional full and part-time students can apply for financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Need-based aid and Graduate and Continuing Education (GCE specific scholarships and Outside scholarships are available to students pursing their first Bachelor’s degree. Descriptions can be found here. We offer tuition discounts with our Corporate Partnership program. We offer an alumni scholarship/tuition discount for Muhlenberg undergraduate students joining our graduate programs.

The information is correct to the best of the knowledge of:
Gabe Hurtado, Director of Enrollment Data Initiatives gabrielhurtado@muhlenberg.edu
Kim Myerson, Financial Aid Coordinator, kimmyerson@muhlenberg.edu
Greg Mitton, Director of Financial Aid, Associate Dean of Admission, gregmitton@muhlenberg.edu


Data is current as of Fall 2021 Census date.

Non-traditional full and part-time students can apply for financial aid using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Need-based aid and Graduate and Continuing Education (GCE specific scholarships and Outside scholarships are available to students pursing their first Bachelor’s degree. Descriptions can be found here. We offer tuition discounts with our Corporate Partnership program. We offer an alumni scholarship/tuition discount for Muhlenberg undergraduate students joining our graduate programs.

The information is correct to the best of the knowledge of:
Gabe Hurtado, Director of Enrollment Data Initiatives gabrielhurtado@muhlenberg.edu
Kim Myerson, Financial Aid Coordinator, kimmyerson@muhlenberg.edu
Greg Mitton, Director of Financial Aid, Associate Dean of Admission, gregmitton@muhlenberg.edu

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