If the student has a collegeboard.org account because he/she has signed up to take the SAT’s, the college board has a good net price calculator that a number of the colleges use. If schools you are interested in have signed on to use the collegeboard.org NPC, that can be a bit easier to deal with, since you only have to input your financial info once to see how different schools would award aid. Of course, even if the student hasn’t signed up for an SAT or taken one, he/she can still make an account.