Do schools consider a family's student debt when calculating financial aid?

[ucbalumnus]

@austinmshauri

I’m fairly confident they’re going to be able to pay the number that they say they will. Currently that seems to be approximately $40-60k.

This is over 4 years, right? So they can pay $10-15k/year? If that’s true, Columbia won’t be affordable.

High income parents who will pay $10-15k per year would mean that your options would be mainly these:
A. Commuting to a low cost in-state public university.
B. Colleges that award large (full tuition or more) merit scholarships.