Total cost of attendance for students after all aid
Remaining tuition and costs for students after aid, and as percent of parent income
Source: Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Survey, 2020-2022. 
Note: BPS calculates tuition and fees minus all grants and total budget (tuition and fees plus sum of dollars budgeted by the institution for books and supplies, room and board, transportation and personal expenses) minus all grants for each respondent, reported for the 2019–20 academic year. Income categories are determined by relative quartile of income within dependency status (separately calculated for dependent and independent students by the Department of Education). For dependent students, the approximate income ranges are less than $30,100 (low), $30,101 to $68,500 (low-middle), $68,501 to 129,800 (high-middle), and more than $129,800 (high). For independent students, the approximate income ranges are less than $9,300 (low), $9,301 to $23,200 (low-middle), $23,201 to $45,800 (high-middle), and more than $45,800 (high). Quartile calculations include students and parents with zero income.