<p>Curious, if one were to have parents that make less than $50,000 a year and are unable to support the child through college, then would one be given a full ride? When I say full ride, I mean tuition, food, room/boarding, books, the whole nine yards and etc. This only applies to like big universities (not Harvard or Yale), universities like Duke, Notre Dame, Georgetown, U of Chicago, Northwestern, Tufts, and etc so basically big schools that aren't ivy leagues. Thanks.</p>
<p>Yes, there is such a thing as a need-based full ride (including loans and work-study and an expectation of summer earnings, of course). But under normal circumstances, $50,000 (about the median national household income!) wouldn't qualify you for a full ride. I'd guess you would have to live close to or below the bread line to actually get a full ride; otherwise your parents will be expected to contribute something.</p>
<p>Oh, cause I looked up these packets that these colleges that came to my school and they (Yale and Princeton lol) had stated that families making less than $60k for Yale and around $45k for Princeton would get a need based full ride. I know of course that these are Ivy Leagues but the schools I'm talking about aren't that far behind.</p>