What's the Bottom Line?
This chart shows the net cost of attending the private and public colleges
that have made detailed “no-loan” or “low-loan” pledges to date, for families with various incomes. The net cost reflects how much
students and parents must contribute from sources including income, savings, loans, and work. For a full explanation of how we calculate net cost of attendance, see our statement Calculating Net Cost of Attendance. For more information on the pledges themselves, click on the titles of the institutions below, or see the full list.
Clicking once or twice on the income amounts at the top of each column will sort that column in ascending or descending order.
Institution  |
Family Income |
 Total Cost of Attendance |
| $20,000 |
$40,000 |
$60,000 |
$80,000 |
$120,000 |
$160,000 |
$200,000 |
| Amherst College |
$2,800 |
$4,032 |
$14,239 |
$24,194 |
$46,561 |
$49,560 |
$49,560 |
$49,560 |
| Appalachian State University |
$5,300 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$13,229 |
| Arizona State University |
$5,690 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$16,276 |
| Bowdoin College |
$3,800 |
$5,032 |
$15,239 |
$25,194 |
$47,561 |
$50,920 |
$50,920 |
$50,920 |
| Brown University |
$4,750 |
$4,750 |
$4,750 |
$25,768 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,934 |
| California Institute of Technology |
$2,250 |
$3,396 |
$13,409 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,490 |
| Claremont McKenna College |
$3,350 |
$4,496 |
$14,509 |
$24,368 |
$46,536 |
$50,990 |
$50,990 |
$50,990 |
| Colby College |
$3,200 |
$4,432 |
$14,639 |
$24,594 |
$46,961 |
$50,120 |
$50,120 |
$50,120 |
| College of William and Mary |
$1,000 |
$2,232 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$20,776 |
| Columbia University |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$51,404 |
| Connecticut College |
$2,000 |
$3,146 |
$15,947 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$51,285 |
| Cornell University |
$2,800 |
$3,774 |
$13,400 |
$26,067 |
$47,835 |
$50,384 |
$50,384 |
$50,384 |
| Dartmouth College |
$5,050 |
$6,368 |
$13,632 |
$26,820 |
$48,642 |
$50,547 |
$50,547 |
$50,547 |
| Davidson College* |
$3,300 |
$4,532 |
$14,739 |
$24,694 |
$45,656 |
$45,656 |
$45,656 |
$45,656 |
| Duke University |
$2,800 |
$2,800 |
$4,800 |
$27,194 |
$50,750 |
$50,750 |
$50,750 |
$50,750 |
| Emory University |
$3,550 |
$4,782 |
$18,739 |
$28,694 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,708 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
$3,500 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$16,234 |
| Harvard University |
$3,700 |
$3,700 |
$3,700 |
$6,125 |
$15,700 |
$19,700 |
no info |
$50,250 |
| Haverford College |
$3,900 |
$5,218 |
$15,619 |
$25,670 |
$48,236 |
$51,637 |
$51,637 |
$51,637 |
| Indiana University, Bloomington |
$0 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$19,093 |
| Lafayette College |
$3,050 |
$4,368 |
$17,269 |
$27,320 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,188 |
| Lehigh University |
$3,200 |
$4,518 |
$17,919 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,540 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
$4,750 |
$5,982 |
$16,189 |
$28,044 |
$50,100 |
$50,100 |
$50,100 |
$50,100 |
| Michigan State University |
$5,396 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$20,456 |
| North Carolina State University |
$5,000 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$16,028 |
| Northwestern University |
$4,500 |
$5,818 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$51,872 |
| Oberlin College |
$3,900 |
$5,132 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,980 |
| Pomona College |
$3,600 |
$4,746 |
$14,759 |
$24,618 |
$46,786 |
$49,745 |
$49,745 |
$49,745 |
| Princeton University |
$3,275 |
$4,335 |
$14,154 |
$23,918 |
$45,886 |
$49,190 |
$49,190 |
$49,190 |
| Rice University |
$1,800 |
$4,790 |
$15,579 |
$25,821 |
$43,730 |
$43,730 |
$43,730 |
$43,730 |
| Stanford University |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$4,500 |
$15,682 |
$47,686 |
$50,992 |
$50,992 |
$50,992 |
| Swarthmore College |
$3,210 |
$4,528 |
$14,929 |
$24,980 |
$47,546 |
$50,349 |
$50,349 |
$50,349 |
| Tufts University |
$3,300 |
$4,532 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$48,900 |
| University of Arizona |
$6,126 |
$7,530 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$18,080 |
| University of California (systemwide) |
$9,400 |
$10,546 |
$16,214 |
$23,965 |
$25,300 |
$25,300 |
$25,300 |
$25,300 |
| University of Chicago* |
$4,180 |
$5,498 |
$15,899 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$52,779 |
| University of Florida |
$0 |
$1,490 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$14,020 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
$4,110 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$24,714 |
| University of Louisville |
$7,236 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$21,858 |
| University of Maryland, College Park* |
$2,000 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$21,163 |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
$2,500 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$22,729 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
$1,700 |
$2,932 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$16,370 |
| University of Pennsylvania |
$2,400 |
$4,718 |
$15,119 |
$25,170 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$51,300 |
| University of Tennessee |
$6,294 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$18,584 |
| University of Virginia |
$0 |
$7,568 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$20,513 |
| Vanderbilt University |
$3,000 |
$4,576 |
$15,559 |
$25,897 |
$49,062 |
$52,303 |
$52,303 |
$52,303 |
| Vassar College* |
$2,850 |
$3,824 |
$13,450 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$51,010 |
| Washington University, St. Louis |
$3,800 |
$5,118 |
$15,519 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$49,796 |
| Wellesley College |
$3,350 |
$4,582 |
$16,389 |
$26,344 |
$49,736 |
$50,026 |
$50,026 |
$50,026 |
| Wesleyan University |
$4,250 |
$5,461 |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
no info |
$52,235 |
| Williams College |
$2,150 |
$3,382 |
$14,239 |
$24,194 |
$46,561 |
$49,530 |
$49,530 |
$49,530 |
| Yale University |
$3,700 |
$3,700 |
$3,700 |
$6,367 |
$15,700 |
$19,700 |
$23,700 |
$49,000 |
| * | Pledge information for the student contribution and work expectation are based on 2007-08 survey data due to non-response for the 2008-09 survey. |
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