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Net price calculator: every university at your income
Type your family income: the 110 universities line up by the average price that families in your band paid after grants, lowest first.
Lowest net price for $48,001-$75,000
$0
Williams College, 2023-24
Average paid after grants by students on federal aid, 2023-24; public universities: in-state students. How this is calculated.
| University | Net price | Sticker price |
|---|---|---|
| Williams College MA | $0 | $95,960 |
| University of Chicago IL | $226 | $103,821 |
| California Institute of Technology CA | $431 | $98,622 |
| Princeton University NJ | $1,217 | $94,624 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | $1,480 | $92,760 |
| Harvard University MA | $2,091 | $95,134 |
| Dartmouth College NH | $2,695 | $98,427 |
| Stanford University CA | $3,212 | $97,545 |
| Rice University TX | $3,217 | $97,309 |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | $4,179 | $85,947 |
| Vanderbilt University TN | $4,498 | $99,994 |
| University of Michigan MI | $4,895 | $40,194 |
| Northeastern University MA | $5,301 | $98,322 |
| Washington University in St. Louis MO | $5,578 | $102,260 |
| Duke University NC | $5,706 | $103,180 |
| Brown University RI | $5,858 | $99,994 |
| Columbia University NY | $5,866 | $99,774 |
| William & Mary VA | $5,916 | $43,035 |
| Wellesley College MA | $6,587 | $98,186 |
| Cornell University NY | $6,796 | $99,734 |
| University of Florida FL | $7,151 | $25,830 |
| Wake Forest University NC | $7,647 | $98,730 |
| Northwestern University IL | $7,898 | $99,375 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | $7,982 | $37,992 |
| University of Washington WA | $8,110 | $32,446 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | $8,134 | $31,524 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC | $8,538 | $29,050 |
| Bowdoin College ME | $9,007 | $97,900 |
| University of South Florida FL | $9,326 | $27,248 |
| Purdue University IN | $9,438 | $24,591 |
| University of California, Berkeley CA | $9,693 | $54,674 |
| Cal State Long Beach CA | $9,705 | $22,679 |
| The Ohio State University OH | $9,807 | $34,142 |
| University of California, Los Angeles CA | $9,811 | $45,500 |
| Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CA | $9,896 | $32,265 |
| University of Minnesota Twin Cities MN | $9,931 | $30,061 |
| University of California, San Diego CA | $9,942 | $43,318 |
| University of Central Florida FL | $10,128 | $26,272 |
| University of Maryland MD | $10,273 | $34,268 |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | $10,439 | $99,082 |
| Florida State University FL | $10,496 | $26,018 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology GA | $10,818 | $30,928 |
| Emory University GA | $11,237 | $97,948 |
| University of Notre Dame IN | $11,432 | $83,271 |
| Swarthmore College PA | $11,444 | $98,370 |
| University of California, Irvine CA | $11,642 | $45,206 |
| Boston University MA | $11,778 | $98,419 |
| University of California, Davis CA | $11,951 | $41,238 |
| Indiana University Bloomington IN | $12,154 | $28,801 |
| University of Houston TX | $12,528 | $26,185 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara CA | $12,588 | $50,946 |
| San Diego State University CA | $12,697 | $27,780 |
| UMass Amherst MA | $12,932 | $34,549 |
| Brigham Young University UT | $13,062 | $22,690 |
| University of Georgia GA | $13,096 | $27,993 |
| University of California, Riverside CA | $13,111 | $46,539 |
| Boston College MA | $13,112 | $100,314 |
| University of Virginia VA | $13,283 | $39,926 |
| NC State University NC | $13,334 | $26,425 |
| University of Missouri MO | $13,722 | $31,713 |
| University of Utah UT | $14,246 | $25,557 |
| University of California, Santa Cruz CA | $14,418 | $48,537 |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | $14,468 | $93,614 |
| University of Oklahoma OK | $14,536 | $28,872 |
| Tufts University MA | $14,923 | $99,998 |
| University of Arkansas AR | $15,934 | $27,767 |
| University of Arizona AZ | $16,051 | $29,423 |
| University of Kentucky KY | $16,313 | $34,391 |
| Michigan State University MI | $16,521 | $32,198 |
| Arizona State University AZ | $16,801 | $30,111 |
| New York University NY | $16,862 | $100,998 |
| Pomona College CA | $17,054 | $95,670 |
| Texas Tech University TX | $17,058 | $27,443 |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | $17,207 | $31,247 |
| Texas A&M University TX | $17,435 | $32,696 |
| Amherst College MA | $17,478 | $98,160 |
| Virginia Tech VA | $17,894 | $36,951 |
| Texas Christian University TX | $17,940 | $89,810 |
| Yale University CT | $17,943 | $97,985 |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN | $18,206 | $33,678 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ | $18,282 | $47,679 |
| Georgetown University DC | $18,329 | $100,864 |
| University of Oregon OR | $18,364 | $34,793 |
| University of Colorado Boulder CO | $18,828 | $37,684 |
| Clemson University SC | $18,851 | $35,015 |
| University of Southern California CA | $19,539 | $103,162 |
| University of South Carolina SC | $19,859 | $31,638 |
| University of Iowa IA | $19,930 | $28,596 |
| Tulane University LA | $20,149 | $87,004 |
| Louisiana State University LA | $20,223 | $34,705 |
| Binghamton University NY | $20,347 | $30,345 |
| Auburn University AL | $20,558 | $34,919 |
| University of Connecticut CT | $20,608 | $39,426 |
| Stony Brook University NY | $20,728 | $30,539 |
| Case Western Reserve University OH | $20,849 | $95,704 |
| Villanova University PA | $20,923 | $84,793 |
| University of Rochester NY | $21,087 | $96,022 |
| Syracuse University NY | $21,132 | $95,676 |
| University of Miami FL | $21,768 | $98,872 |
| George Washington University DC | $22,080 | $83,856 |
| The University of Alabama AL | $22,258 | $33,382 |
| University of Pittsburgh PA | $23,192 | $38,105 |
| Southern Methodist University TX | $24,152 | $96,388 |
| Penn State University Park PA | $25,667 | $39,694 |
| American University DC | $26,035 | $76,058 |
| Temple University PA | $26,534 | $40,903 |
| Baylor University TX | $33,902 | $90,564 |
| Fordham University NY | $37,313 | $82,762 |
| Howard University DC | $50,245 | $54,630 |
| Pepperdine University CA | $51,063 | $99,258 |
Built by Radif Partners · Method and data · Editorial policy
The net price is what a year at college costs after grants and scholarships, before loans. Each university must post its own net price calculator, but each one asks for the same details again and shows one school at a time. This page does the reverse: you give one figure, your family income, and all 110 universities are ranked by the average net price that first-year students on federal aid in your income band paid in 2023-24, as reported to the Department of Education and published in the College Scorecard. The bands are $0-$30,000, $30,001-$48,000, $48,001-$75,000, $75,001-$110,000 and $110,001 and up. In the $48,001 to $75,000 band the three lowest averages on file were at Williams ($0), UChicago ($226) and Caltech ($431). At 7 universities the average for the lowest band was below zero, which means grants exceeded the cost of attendance.
Why private universities often win at middle incomes
Universities with large endowments meet the full demonstrated need of the students they admit with grants rather than loans, and several of them now waive tuition below a family income threshold. Their sticker price is high, but their average net price for middle incomes is often lower than that of a public university for a nonresident, and sometimes lower than the resident price. The median private net price on this site was $11,778 in the $48,001 to $75,000 band, and $52,036 above $110,000. Above that line, the order usually flips and the public resident price becomes the cheapest option.
Stanford: net price for your family income
Average net price, 2023-24
$3,212
| Income band | $48,001-$75,000 |
| Share of the 2023-24 cost | 4% |
Federal figure for first-year students on federal aid.
What the federal net price counts
The figure covers first-time, full-time undergraduates who received federal aid (grants or loans) in the year, grouped by the family income on their FAFSA. It subtracts all grants and scholarships, federal, state and institutional, from the cost of attendance. It does not subtract loans or work-study. At public universities it covers in-state students only. Because the top band, $110,001 and up, mixes families earning $120,000 with families earning $600,000, its average is a poor guide for high incomes, where many families receive no need-based grant at all.
From the ranking to your own price
Once a few names stand out, open their pages: each shows the net price in all five bands, the newest sticker price published by the university and a link to its own calculator. That calculator asks about assets, home equity at some private schools, siblings in college and divorced parents, and returns a figure closer to the award letter. The comparison tool then puts two or three of them side by side with their admit rates.
Why 2023-24?
Net price by income is reported more than a year after the academic year ends, so the June 2026 Scorecard release carries 2023-24. Prices have risen since, and several universities have made their aid more generous for 2025-26 or 2026-27. Where a university publishes a newer income threshold or promise, its page says so; the ranking itself stays on the same federal year for every school so that the comparison is fair.
A note on aid that exceeds the cost
At Penn, Brown, Stanford and MIT the lowest-income average was negative: grants were larger than the cost of attendance, often because the budget includes a personal allowance and the grant covers it in full. The table shows such cases as $0, with the excess noted on the university's page.
Income is not the only input
Two families with the same income can face very different prices. Universities that use the CSS Profile in addition to the FAFSA count home equity, business assets and the income of a noncustodial parent, while many public universities look at the FAFSA alone. A family with a modest salary and large savings will usually pay more than the band average; a family with two children in college at once will usually pay less. Treat the ranking as a shortlist, then run each school's own calculator with your real figures.