At 17 colleges and universities, poor students pay more

Fazil Khan 05 May 2023

As United States college admission decisions pour in and students weigh their options, some institutions are putting the poorest students at a surprising disadvantage: there are 17 colleges and universities where the lowest-income students may end up paying more out of pocket than the highest-income ones, writes Fazil Khan for The Hechinger Report.

At these 17 colleges and universities in 2020-21, students from families earning under US$30,000 actually paid more in net price – which is the amount students pay after discounts and financial aid – than those from families making US$110,000 a year or more, the latest available federal data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System showed.

The additional amount ranged from just US$152 at Texas College in Tyler, Texas, to more than US$5,000 at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. Those figures reflect what was paid by students in the lowest-income quintile compared with what was paid by students in the highest-income quintile. The 17 institutions are spread across 14 states; two are public universities. Generous financial aid to the higher-income students often accounts for the difference.
Full report on The Hechinger Report site

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