Projecting College Costs and Scholarship Attrition

Many families plan around a scholarship that doesn't last all four years. Students can lose a merit scholarship by missing its renewal requirements, and a degree that takes five years brings a fifth year of costs. This calculator estimates the full cost of a degree, year by year, for about 200 colleges and universities, adjusted for scholarships and time to graduation. Choose a college, the student's home state, the annual scholarship amount, and how long the degree might take, then see how the total changes if the scholarship ends early.