Frequenty Asked Questions
Higher Admission brings price discovery forward in the extremely complex and outdated college admission process.
Students and parents should always keep in mind that no two students pay the same price. College is the second largest purchase, after a home, most people ever make. Yet students have no way of comparing prices or assessing affordability until the spring of the year in which they will matriculate, and then only after long and arduous admissions and financial aid application processes. By the time the true net cost of attendance is revealed, application deadlines have passed and minds have been made up. Put simply, it's too late to factor price into students' college selection process. We've solved this problem.
Students and parents should always keep in mind that no two students pay the same price. College is the second largest purchase, after a home, most people ever make. Yet students have no way of comparing prices or assessing affordability until the spring of the year in which they will matriculate, and then only after long and arduous admissions and financial aid application processes. By the time the true net cost of attendance is revealed, application deadlines have passed and minds have been made up. Put simply, it's too late to factor price into students' college selection process. We've solved this problem.
- Costs - On our Compare Colleges page we include all direct educational expenses as well as estimates of all indirect costs.
- Financial Aid - On our Compare Colleges page we include estimates of all financial aid (institutional merit and need aid, federal grants, state grants, work study, subsidized and unsubsidized loans, and other potential awards).
For now, only U.S. citizens or residents are eligible to use Higher Admission. In the future, we plan to add international students.