College Application Cost Calculator

Use this page to add the cash a family expects to spend during application season: fees, score sends, the CSS Profile, and visits. It is the season budget, not the four-year cost of attending. Application-season cash sits with the parent on the responsibility map. The task list lives on the college application checklist.

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A refresh or another page can clear what you typed. Copy the record before you leave. This page does not save family financial information.

Line items

Enter 0, 50, 1200, 1,200, or $1,200.50. Up to two decimal places. Leave the box blank if the amount is unknown. A typed 0 is a real zero. Enter a whole number such as 0 or 8. A thousands comma is fine, as in 1,200. Leave the box blank if the count is unknown.

Application fees

Enter the total number of applications, the fee you expect to pay on the ones that charge a fee, and how many you expect to be waived or free. Enter 0 waived if you expect to pay every fee. This count is your expectation. It does not grant a waiver, and it does not cover CSS Profile fees or score sends.

Total applicationsEnter a whole number such as 0 or 8. A thousands comma is fine, as in 1,200. Leave the box blank if the count is unknown.Average fee for paid applicationsEnter an average if the paid application fees differ. A blank stays unknown.Expected waived or no-feeEnter a whole number such as 0 or 8. A thousands comma is fine, as in 1,200. Leave the box blank if the count is unknown.

Score sends

QuantityCost each

CSS Profile cash cost

Enter the total you expect to pay College Board for the CSS Profile this season. College Board publishes a fee for the first institution and a fee for each additional institution, and some students qualify for a waiver. Check the current CSS Profile fee guidance. Enter 0 if you expect a waiver or you are not filing. This box is separate from application-fee waivers and from score sends.

Total CSS Profile cash cost

Campus visits you will pay for

QuantityCost each

Other cash this season

AmountWhat this amount is for

Running total

Application-season cash

No amounts entered. Blank fields stay unknown.

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Ivy Ready college application cash budget
Cash the family expects to spend during application season. This is not a college's cost of attendance.
Entries on this page are temporary. Copy them before you refresh or leave.
Blank means unknown. A typed 0 is a real zero.
The application-fee waiver count is the family's expectation. It does not grant a waiver, and it does not change CSS Profile or score-send costs.
If paid application fees differ, the fee below is an average for paid applications. It is not an exact fee for each college.

Application fees: not entered
Score sends: not entered
CSS Profile cash cost: not entered
CSS Profile is one total for the season. This page does not multiply a flat fee by the number of colleges.
Campus visits: not entered
Other cash: not entered

No amounts entered. Blank fields are unknown, not zero.

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