Total Cost of Attendance Calculator
Full annual cost of attendance from tuition, housing, books, transportation, and personal expenses.
This mirrors the categories used in a college's official Cost of Attendance (COA) worksheet, which financial aid offices use to determine need-based aid eligibility.
About the Total Cost of Attendance Calculator
The Total Cost of Attendance Calculator gives you an instant answer from just a few inputs — tuition & fees, housing, books & supplies, and more. It runs entirely in your browser, so the numbers you enter stay private and never touch a server, and the result recalculates the moment you change a value. It's free to use with no sign-up, no limits, and nothing to install.
How to Use
- Enter Tuition & fees into the first field of the Total Cost of Attendance Calculator.
- Fill in the rest: Housing, Books & supplies, Transportation, Personal expenses.
- Your result appears instantly as you type — there's no submit button or page reload.
- This mirrors the categories used in a college's official Cost of Attendance (COA) worksheet, which financial aid offices use to determine need-based aid eligibility.
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