How it works

Your shortlist in, the real cost out.

You already have a list of colleges. What you don't have is a straight answer to the only question that matters: what will each one actually cost your family, and what does the degree return? This turns your list into that answer in a single PDF, built on the US Dept of Education's own data.

1. Enter up to four colleges and your income band

Type in the colleges you're weighing, up to four, and pick your household income band. You don't need exact names or ID numbers. If you type "Michigan" or "Ohio State," we match it to the right main campus in the federal data before we pull anything.

2. We pull each college from the College Scorecard

For every college on your list, we read the current figures straight from the US Dept of Education College Scorecard: the net price for your income band, the published cost of attendance, median earnings ten years after entry, median student debt, and the graduation and admission rates. Public colleges report net price by income for in-state students; private colleges report it across all students, and we pull whichever applies to the school.

3. We compare them side by side and flag the winners

The report ranks your colleges on real net price for your income, sets the sticker next to the net so you can see how far apart they are, and puts earnings against debt for each school. Then it flags two things: the lowest net price on your list, and the strongest earnings-to-debt, so the best-value option is obvious rather than buried in a table.

4. You get the PDF in seconds

After secure Stripe checkout, the report is generated and delivered as a PDF right away. No account, no waiting, no upsell. Fifteen dollars, one file, everything on your list compared on the numbers that actually decide affordability.