Princeton is Affordable

Statistics from the 2018-2019 Academic Year

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Families with incomes in this range qualify for a grant to cover full tuition, residential college fee, room and board

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The average grant for an aid student admitted to the Class of 2023

$51,870

Tuition for the 2019-20 academic year

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Cost & Aid

Cost & Aid

Our aid program is designed to encourage all qualified students — regardless of financial circumstances — to consider applying for admission to Princeton.

Reflected in Princeton’s financial aid program is our commitment to access and affordability. Princeton admission is need-blind — there is no disadvantage in the admission process for financial aid applicants. This ensures a continued and growing enrollment of a diverse group of students from all socioeconomic backgrounds. If offered admission, Princeton will meet 100 percent of your demonstrated financial need with grant aid.  Princeton is one of a handful of universities that applies the same policy to international students.

Princeton’s financial aid program is recognized as one of the most generous in the country. We determine a family's ability to pay using our own need formula, with fair and generous individual results. Princeton’s no-loan policy replaces student loans with grant aid that students do not pay back — this makes it possible to graduate with little to no debt.

$69,950
Tuition, college fee, room and board for the 2019-20 academic year
$56,500
The average grant for a student admitted to the Class of 2023
$13,450
Average net cost of tuition, college fee, room and board for aid recipients

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