Washington Post looks at Financial Aid at F&M

Paying for College
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<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/an-inside-look-at-financial-aid-offers-from-private-franklin-and-marshall-college/2014/12/29/6c43586c-8d2c-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/an-inside-look-at-financial-aid-offers-from-private-franklin-and-marshall-college/2014/12/29/6c43586c-8d2c-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This board may be interested in seeing 9 financial aid assessments and offers. </p>

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<p>What I see right off the top is that their assessment of “need” differs from what I would expect. The calculated EFC for those in the $80,000 - low $100,000 range is higher than I would expect to see. That reinforces the fact that meeting need varies depending on how colleges calculate that need.</p>