Cost & aid

What will college really cost you?

The sticker price is rarely what families pay. Pick a college to see its real cost, step by step, with the source and year for every number.

1. 1

   Published cost

   Tuition, housing & food, books and other costs from federal IPEDS data for 1,944 colleges.

2. 2

   Net price by income

   What U.S. families in each income band actually paid after grants (College Scorecard).

3. 3

   International real cost

   Cost minus the school's own aid to internationals from its Common Data Set, where we verified it (67 schools). Where we haven't, we say so and show the full cost.

Data: College Scorecard (cost & net price), NCES IPEDS (2022-23 student financial aid for 1,920 colleges), and schools' Common Data Sets (need, merit and international aid verified for 48 and 67 schools).