The biggest mistake that students can make when assessing what type of college they can afford to attend is looking at the sticker price, or full cost of attendance, rather than the net price. The net price is the difference between the full cost of attendance and any grants and scholarships you would be eligible to receive. The net price calculator was developed to give students a clearer picture of the amount of financial aid they would receive at each institution.

All colleges are required to provide net price calculators for prospective students on their websites. With net price calculators, students can explore and estimate how much it will cost their family to attend an individual college based on their family's specific financial circumstances. In other words, the net price calculator will evaluate their eligibility for financial aid. We also encourage you to explore each college's financial aid websites for further information. 

View the net price calculator options for each college partner:

• Amherst College
• Barnard College
• Boston College
• Boston University
• Bowdoin College
• Brown University
• California Institute of Technology
• Carleton College
• Case Western Reserve University
• Claremont McKenna College
• Colby College
• Colgate University
• College of the Holy Cross
• Colorado College
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Dartmouth College
• Davidson College
• Denison University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• Grinnell College
• Hamilton College
• Haverford College
• Johns Hopkins University
• Macalester College
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Middlebury College
• Northwestern University
• Oberlin College
• Pomona College
• Princeton University
• Rice University
• Scripps College
• Skidmore College
• Smith College
• Stanford University
• Swarthmore College
• Tufts University
• University of Chicago
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Southern California
• University of Virginia
• Vanderbilt University
• Vassar College
• Washington and Lee University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Wellesley College
• Wesleyan University
• Williams College
• Yale University