Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 1 · College
What does your college cost a family earning under $30,000?
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Search 1,713 colleges that mainly award bachelor's degrees. In the school year that ended in June 2025, students from families earning $30,000 or less paid an average net price of $6,061 a year after grants and scholarships at Ohio State and $2,542 at Harvard. The lowest was at Ner Israel Rabbinical College, MD, $0; where grants more than cover the full cost, the figure is below zero. It counts first-time, full-time undergraduates who received federal aid; at public colleges, only those paying in-state tuition.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of Jun 30, 2025
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