By the numbers
Princeton’s comprehensive aid plan
Princeton NJ — The University’s comprehensive aid plan helps moderate-, middle- and even upper-middle income families afford the cost of a Princeton education. The standard cost for 2007-08 — including tuition, room, board, books and other expenses — is $47,375.
The following figures outline how the University provides aid through need-based scholarship grants that do not have to be repaid, based on students in the freshman class of 2011:
• Yearly income less than $53,500 — average grant: $43,900
• Yearly income up to $75,000 — average grant: $42,850
• Yearly income $75,000 to $100,000 — average grant: $33,800
• Yearly income $100,000 to $125,000 — average grant: $27,700
• Yearly income $125,000 to $150,000 — average grant: $22,700
• Yearly income above $150,000* — average grant: $17,100
*Some families are judged to have adequate resources at this income level and are not offered a need-based grant. In the class of 2011, more than 80 percent of aid applicants from families with incomes between $150,000 and $200,000 received grants averaging $17,100.
