Princeton Eliminates Tuition for Families Making $250k a Year

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/princeton-eliminates-tuition-for-families-making-250-000-a-year

by toomuchtodo • 12 months ago

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toomuchtodo• 12 months ago

https://archive.today/lZkcy

gnabgib• 12 months ago

Princeton $250k(tuition) $150k (tuition and expenses), joining:

Harvard $200k(tuition) $100k (tuition and expenses) (82 points, 5 months ago, 106 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43393478

MIT $200k(tuition) $100k (tuition and expenses) (737 points, 9 months ago, 459 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42195895

Albert Einstein College of Medicine free tuition (491 points, 1 year ago, 411 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39516927

jer0me• 12 months ago

Brown & Dartmouth: $125k

Stanford & Columbia: $150k / $100k

Penn: $200k

CMU: $75k

ndriscoll• 12 months ago

Incorrect headline as far as I can tell: I don't see the actual rules stated anywhere, but it's consistently hedged with "most", and their calculator makes it clear that there's an asset test, so if you're anywhere near $250k, planning is likely still necessary.

Ancalagon• 12 months ago

Are these tuition caps better trackers for what wealthy means these days than say conventional rule-of-thumbs (like making six figures used to mean you were wealthy)?

givemeethekeys• 12 months ago

No. On a 250k salary, I can afford a very comfortable life in some of the best neighborhoods in America on a single income, with fantastic public schools, libraries, community parks, dining and fresh groceries.

It won't be Manhattan or San Francisco - but I wouldn't consider those cities to be among the best anyway.

Princeton Eliminates Tuition for Families Making $250k a Year

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