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    • Financial Aid by the Numbers

    How Princeton's Aid Program Works

    When awarding aid, we are guided by the following principles:

    1. Admission is need-blind for all applicants, including international students. Need-blind admission means that applying for aid is not in any way a disadvantage in the admission process, ensuring equality of opportunity for low- and middle-income students. 
    2. Princeton financial aid is awarded solely based on need; there are no merit scholarships.
      We consider an applicant's talents and achievements only in relation to admission. Academic and athletic merits are not considered when awarding aid.
    3. Need is determined through a careful review of each family's individual financial circumstances.
      Personal attention is given to every admitted student's aid application, taking into account special circumstances and professional judgment in determining aid awards.
    4. The full need of every admitted student is met through grants and a campus job. The following table provides the average grant awarded to students admitted to the Class of 2021:
    Gross Family Income Percent Qualified Average Grant What It Covers
    $0–65,000 100% $64,010 Full tuition, college fee, room + board
     
    $65,000–85,000 100% $59,085 Full tuition, college fee, 71% room + board
     
    $85,000–100,000 100% $55,870 Full tuition, college fee, 50% room + board
     
    $100,000–120,000 100% $53,705

    Full tuition, college fee, 37% room + board​​​​​

    $120,000–140,000 100% $50,210 Full tuition, college fee, 14% room + board
     

    $140,000–160,000

    100% $47,180 Full tuition

    $160,000–180,000

    100% $42,770 91% tuition

    $180,000–200,000

    89% $35,960 76% tuition

    $200,000–250,000

    78% $30,750 65% tuition

    $250,000 and above
    (most who qualify have
    2 children in college)

    37% $22,470 48% tuition

    Tuition = $47,140  Residential college fee = $850
    Room and board = $15,610

    Your grant may vary from the above averages based on the Financial Aid Office's individual evaluation of your family's resources, including assets other than the family home or retirement funds.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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