Real costs by region · Northeast · families earning $30,000–$48,000
Across 197 Northeast colleges, families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid between $93 and $52,812 a year. The 25 cheapest are all under $5,000 — and 14 of them are private.
| School | Type | Admit | Sticker / yr | This band paidPaid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Private | 5% | $82,730 | $93 |
| Dartmouth College | Private | 5% | $87,793 | $489 |
| Colby College | Private | 7% | $85,420 | $1,251 |
| Amherst College | Private | 9% | $87,640 | $1,570 |
| CUNY Hunter College | Public | 54% | $13,905 | $1,935 |
| Brown University | Private | 5% | $87,648 | $2,031 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | Public | 48% | $14,170 | $2,052 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | Private | 4% | $89,472 | $2,275 |
| CUNY Brooklyn College | Public | 58% | $14,151 | $2,287 |
| CUNY Lehman College | Public | 57% | $14,121 | $2,374 |
| Northeastern University | Private | 5% | $84,641 | $2,436 |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Public | 57% | $14,212 | $2,506 |
| Colgate University | Private | 14% | $87,070 | $2,678 |
| Bowdoin College | Private | 7% | $85,100 | $2,800 |
| Wellesley College | Private | 14% | $86,290 | $2,836 |
| CUNY City College | Public | 60% | $14,403 | $2,990 |
| Harvard University | Private | 4% | $85,540 | $2,991 |
| CUNY Queens College | Public | 64% | $14,367 | $3,133 |
| Wesleyan University | Private | 16% | $89,020 | $3,604 |
| Smith College | Private | 21% | $86,030 | $3,737 |
| Cornell University | Private | 9% | $88,140 | $4,070 |
| CUNY York College | Public | 64% | $14,330 | $4,161 |
| College of Staten Island CUNY | Public | 92% | $14,795 | $4,473 |
| University of Maine at Presque Isle | Public | 100% | $19,113 | $4,492 |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology | Public | 80% | $14,110 | $4,606 |
"Paid" is the average net price reported to the U.S. Department of Education for aided families at $30,000–$48,000 household income — planning data, not an offer. Public colleges show in-state prices; out-of-state families typically pay more. Colleges enrolling fewer than 1,000 students are excluded, because federal price cells at very small schools are volatile enough to manufacture patterns that disappear at scale. A low price and a low admit rate are different things — the admit column is there so the two are never confused.
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