The cost of college can be jarring for families. In fact, only 44% of parents felt prepared to pay their child’s first tuition bill, according to a March 2024 College Ave survey. To reduce the shock, ...

Nearly two dozen private colleges are offering an online tool that factors in need-based grants and scholarships to estimate ...

The Instant New Price Estimator gives a likely cost for families based on what 90 percent of similar families pay at Yale.

Amid debates about how to help families see past high sticker prices, 22 institutions are adopting a resource to instantly estimate costs based just on household income.

The good news is that the Ivies and most highly competitive colleges have robust financial aid programs for those who can’t ...

A new Forbes tool will give you a quick read on what a specific college might cost your family. You may also want to use the school’s own net price calculator. Most families don’t pay the sticker ...

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The concept of “net price”—what students actually pay for college after financial aid is subtracted from published tuition rates—has become increasingly important in discussions of college ...

To help students receive an estimate for their expected tuition more quickly, Yale has added a new quick cost calculator — MyinTuition — to its website in addition to its old net cost calculator. When ...

The U.S. Department of Education has released a template that colleges can use to create the net-price calculators they are required to offer on their Web sites in two years. The calculators, which ...

This research was supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation. Findings and opinions are those of the authors and may not reflect the views of the funder. Laura Perna is James S. Riepe Professor at ...

Families of college-bound students are often overwhelmed when they look up the “sticker” price of a school in which their child has expressed interest – and for good reason. The annual price tag at ...