Grand Rapids, MI · Private · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Cornerstone University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$79,556
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,000.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Cornerstone University
| Full price | $38,022 |
| After grants, at your income | $17,546 |
At this income, 10 of Michigan's other 30 colleges cost less after grants, and 20 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. Cornerstone’s academic scholarships run from $1,000 to $10,000 a year in 2027–2028, by weighted high school GPA. A first-year student needs no separate scholarship application.
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Cornerstone University, our scenarios for Michigan households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $6,000 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What Cornerstone University says it awards for grades and test scores.
Cornerstone’s academic scholarships run from $1,000 to $10,000 a year in 2027–2028, by weighted high school GPA. A first-year student needs no separate scholarship application.
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Cornerstone University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $6,000 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Cornerstone University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Michigan, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Cornerstone University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Cornerstone University's own 2026-27 tuition and fees, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 4.0% a year. Housing, food and books are the College Scorecard's. The prices after grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
Cornerstone University reset its price for 2026-27. The prices after grants here are from 2025-26, before the reset, so they may not match what families pay now.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Cornerstone University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Central Michigan University$16,044 a year
- Grand Valley State University$16,526 a year
- Cornerstone University$17,546 a year
- Western Michigan University$17,979 a year
- Eastern Michigan University$18,378 a year
What each college charges, less the average grant for your income. Every Michigan college →