I just got a very impressive result from Hamilton’s NPC calculator, less than 10K net price for us. Not less than $100 like Princeton, but not in the high 20K’s to 40K’s like some other colleges.
I really wish I could identify other schools with a similar secret recipe.
Hamilton is a generous school. They do not factor in primary home equity, and they count student owned 529 accounts as parent assets. Their formula for determining institutional aid disbursement leans more towards a federal methodology than most of their peer schools (other NESCACs and other LACs).
That’s great to know, @Boobyhatch !
It’s a school I would have thought of as out of range since I’ve become disillusioned by “meets full need”, but I decided to run the NPC on a whim after seeing it offered D’s major. It will be a reach but one worth trying.
Ours also comes out with a very generous package. After visiting the school I have the sense that they are very solid financially. They have loyal alums who have built an impressive endowment, and they have taken some decisions to use their wealth to build up the student body.
@Boobyhatch , Thanks for that handy list. Some on that list, even higher up, did not give such great estimates of aid. Some were awful.
Colby and Princeton gave nice estimates.
Now I’m curious to try more.