FAFSA income limit?

hmom5
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:56:58 +0000

I don’t think it’s a sensitive question, just an impossible one for generalization. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford will give aid to some families making $200K/yr. Most schools will offer little to anyone making 6 figures. Others practice enrollment management and give discounts to all they know will be comparing their cost to the local state school’s.

And as the above poster said, assets play a big role too.

The one generalization that seems to work is that without exceptional assets, most EFC’s seem to be one-quarter to one-third of AGI for the middle class and up. Then consider that most schools don’t meet need anyway.