Financial Aid Calculator
Plan and Estimate your Share of College Costs

This calculator is a tool created to help you estimate your family contribution and determine the amount of need-based aid for which you may be eligible. Do you qualify?

Keep in mind the following:
  • This calculator provides estimates of need-based aid, not merit awards.
  • The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) estimated here is only as reliable as the data you enter.
  • The EFC may vary among colleges according to their own institutional policies and professional judgments.
  • The Financial Aid Office is the final authority on your exact EFC.
  • Special circumstances are treated on a case-by-case basis. This information should be communicated directly to the Financial Aid Office at the time of your application.
This software is intended to estimate a family contribution for U.S. Citizens and permanent residents. It does not apply to Canadian or other international students.
Enter your income and asset data.
Here's what the financial aid calculator can do:
  • Estimate the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) using both federal and institutional methodology,
  • Show financial-aid-What If (inheritance, bonus, moving, etc.) answers,
  • Compute education loan payments for Stafford, PLUS, Perkins, and others,
  • Print your own EFC Report for future reference (financial aid explanations included).

We provide easy-to-understand help messages next to every data entry field. For privacy, your record will automatically be deleted when you exit.



Click here to start the calculator

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Windows PC, also compatible with most Mac computers
Recommended Browser: Internet Explorer or Safari

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