Does your family (of 4) make over $232,000? Congrats, you’re in the top 5 percent

<p>[Does</a> your family make over $232,000? Congrats, you’re in the top 5 percent](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/17/does-your-family-make-over-232000-congrats-youre-in-the-top-5-percent/]Does”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/17/does-your-family-make-over-232000-congrats-youre-in-the-top-5-percent/)</p>

<p>Note that the chart has multipliers to use on your income if you have a smaller family.</p>

<p>However, it does mean that the “middle class who won’t get financial aid anywhere” is pretty high up on the income scale in the US. (Try the [Net</a> Price Calculator](<a href=“http://npc.fas.harvard.edu/]Net”>http://npc.fas.harvard.edu/) to see how high an income you need to not get financial aid at Harvard.)</p>

<p>Harvard is a very good deal for middle class families. It’s just getting in that’s a bit tricky.</p>