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Here is the next tier of selective private colleges. Sorted by net price for the $75K-$110K income range. I figured this is the most common income range but I’m really just guessing. Does anyone know the most common income range for private college applicant families??
4170 4650 6826 6992 53 1095 Spring Hill College
13454 11830 13135 13052 69 1092 College of the Ozarks
12380 12795 15284 17353 51 1085 University of Mount Olive
10979 14204 12599 18708 43 1000 Kuyper College
15771 16435 17553 19483 49 1120 Northwest Nazarene University
12338 14788 17943 19613 64 1100 Harding University
16833 17547 17288 20760 33 1111 Judson College
14000 15682 19659 20840 77 1070 Saint Mary’s College
13921 15999 17472 20862 65 1130 John Brown University
16668 15906 18107 20918 72 1195 Cedarville University
15090 15184 17025 21306 63 1105 Presbyterian College
15575 16524 18722 22014 53 1127 Hollins University
17806 18519 19843 22022 66 1195 Mercer University
12916 13830 18006 22050 85 1160 DePauw University
16369 18233 18945 22303 67 1145 Coe College
17716 17349 18256 22430 47 1125 Oglethorpe University
15705 17477 19566 22661 66 1095 Valparaiso University
23888 21437 19855 22799 53 1115 Drury University
18602 18630 20373 23151 53 1155 LeTourneau University
17573 18925 20701 23293 67 1175 Covenant College
18086 18316 19789 23460 72 1165 Southwestern University
17343 17507 20416 23613 66 1150 Berry College
19532 20443 22646 23627 72 1076 Rockhurst University
20397 20997 21149 23902 62 1105 Westminster College
18665 17893 24984 23917 58 1129 Lipscomb University
16877 18023 23621 23929 80 1160 Wofford College
21483 19663 23268 24132 60 1110 Dallas Baptist University
20815 19582 23126 24161 68 1085 Birmingham Southern College
17186 18769 19952 24242 55 1130 Loyola University New Orleans
19928 19797 22159 24326 74 1133 Ohio Northern University
16882 18002 22370 24431 77 1168 Calvin College
22656 21767 22207 24713 75 1170 Franciscan University of Steubenville
17238 19803 23837 24814 58 1115 Otterbein University
17699 17531 19745 25316 72 1143 Millsaps College
18647 17472 19035 25464 67 1165 University of Dallas
17901 17664 20206 25726 76 1127 Bethel University
18806 21044 23898 25774 59 1135 Florida Southern College
21608 24274 25546 25804 75 1130 University of Dayton
20875 21739 23514 26053 76 1145 Messiah College
15737 17874 21004 26104 64 1105 Saint Edward’s University
22272 27928 28888 26759 61 1140 Howard University
22993 22271 24266 26834 50 1110 Nova Southeastern University
21108 24522 24950 26842 61 1105 Arcadia University
21624 15011 27896 27196 59 1109 Oklahoma City University
23087 23113 24280 27402 77 1195 Drake University
21593 22520 25156 27760 68 1160 Union University
20710 21648 24458 28011 73 1165 Creighton University
17662 19670 25109 28579 82 1190 Syracuse University
20986 21618 24712 28923 74 1170 Simmons College
23003 23288 25144 29133 74 1075 Elizabethtown College
22530 24357 26150 29247 71 1110 Seattle Pacific University
21717 22350 27352 29416 64 1120 Asbury University
20122 18664 22906 29831 73 1130 Whitworth University
18601 22831 26871 30061 72 1135 Saint Anselm College
19877 21362 26916 30131 64 1160 Seton Hall University
22498 31440 27761 30207 73 1129 Samford University
20208 20423 27805 30377 89 1175 Bentley University
18897 20244 26110 30590 71 1182 Clarkson University
25288 25867 27335 30767 67 1115 Emmanuel College
19546 21066 25692 30803 77 1143 Duquesne University
20910 21838 25188 30832 76 1170 University of St Thomas
24510 25373 28740 30845 74 1164 Butler University
18674 21355 26781 31178 81 1155 Marquette University
24402 25804 27435 31195 66 1120 Hampden-Sydney College
27875 27799 30361 31260 80 1140 Saint Joseph’s University
25516 24567 30041 31353 68 1110 Adelphi University
23497 24540 27719 31419 58 1160 Florida Institute of Technology
23219 23537 27396 31541 79 1125 University of Scranton
24171 23122 27290 31553 71 1135 Point Loma Nazarene University
23155 26377 28086 31830 66 1105 Eckerd College
23525 23934 28323 31901 77 1160 Westmont College
23088 24950 27639 32109 58 1120 Pacific University
27874 30073 33287 32382 64 1165 Hofstra University
19510 21129 30582 32915 83 1135 Providence College
25958 26422 30783 32995 75 1180 Seattle University
21600 21078 26735 34011 77 1175 Texas Christian University
21682 26038 28681 34092 82 1190 University of Portland
22121 24182 25784 34205 82 1190 Elon University
28107 28065 31302 34673 75 1145 Loyola University Chicago
28238 29197 30126 35121 53 1175 The King’s College
29703 28873 34705 35352 59 1155 Webster University
23754 25288 32539 35629 70 1145 Belmont University
19955 21997 26514 35662 72 1140 University of San Francisco
25332 29628 31935 37318 70 1190 Drexel University
24341 25191 28898 37650 68 1165 University of the Pacific
32077 34977 35249 37883 77 1075 Spelman College
24904 28525 35740 39791 62 1130 Champlain College
30634 31664 35586 42599 68 1155 The New School
^It depends on the particular school, but for top colleges, around half the students tend to be full pay. For such schools, that would put the most common net price at full COA.
Here are median family incomes for students enrolled at a few “elite” colleges:
$272,000 WUSTL
$200,400 Dartmouth
$186,100 Princeton
$168,000 Harvard
$158,200 Amherst
$155,500 UVa
$154,000 UMichigan
$134,500 UChicago
$104,900 UCLA
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/
(site has numbers for many other colleges as well)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/ seems to have an odd definition of “selective” versus “nonselective”. UC Merced is listed as “nonselective”, but it is more selective than San Francisco State, CSU Bakersfield, and others listed as “selective”.
I am stunned by the median salaries in post #23. I had no idea. Median means that half are above that number.
They aren’t the highest either. #23 is A random selection of top schools. Wash u is highest. and UCLA isn’t even near the top. But in other measures it’s also revealing. Vanderbilt has more students with parents from the top 1 percent than any other school. Boston college for instance is number 22 on the median income list at 194k and 16 percent from the top percentiles. 70 percent from the top 20 percent. Their best stat for me was a really good average salary for grads and upward mobility in income which was strong. . Some smaller schools like Amherst and bowdoin all look the same. Plug in any elite school (they selected the top 65 schools which are a mixture of sizes).
@tk21769 and @collegehelp 
Maybe I better rethink what I’m going to wear when we drop off D18 at Amherst College next month.
@meddy. Too funny.
Do you find it odd that two college educated full time hard working professional parents with 15+ year (guessing as they have 18 yr old college applicant) experience wouldn’t exceed $200k+ income level? Is it that people are hiding their incomes or college degrees are not worth much any more?
Really? I know many teachers who have been professionals for 20 years who don’t make $100k. Not all families are two parent, or have two incomes. They may live in Nebraska where working for an insurance company will not result in a $50k income for many.
$200k is in the top 7% of household incomes. Even allowing for the fact that households with two college educated workers are overrepresented in this category due to higher pay levels found by college graduates, it is unlikely that such households universally have incomes that high.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Degrees_that_Pay_you_Back-sort.html indicates that relatively few college majors are associated with median mid-career pay over $100k.
@CupCakeMuffins Odd? No. Distressing? Hell yes.