Sticker price vs. net price
Understand the difference between a college’s published cost and what students actually pay after grant aid, then compare schools more accurately.
Read 7 min read →CampusWorth Insights
College decisions deserve better evidence.
Clear, source-backed guidance on fit, real cost, completion, earnings, financial aid, and responsible financing—without paid rankings.
Primary sourcesFederal data and official guidance
No paid rankingsCompensation never changes college results
Useful limitsEvery measure includes context and caveats
New data brief
Boston College Costs, Completion, and Earnings: A 26-School Data Brief
Boston contains 26 currently operating institutions in the CampusWorth dataset. Their reported costs and outcomes vary widely—and several measures are missing for some schools.
26 Boston institutions$26,678 median reported net price67% median reported completion
Read the data briefMeasure coverage
Net price20/26
Completion22/26
Earnings22/26
Missing data is shown as missing, never zero.Decision guides
Understand the numbers before they shape the decision.
How to read completion rates
Use college completion rates as a question prompt, understand their limits, and compare outcomes without turning one measure into a ranking.
Read 8 min read →Compare your aid offers
Separate gifts from loans and estimate four-year net cost and the remaining gap across two or three schools.
Open the free tool →Compare aid offers clearly
A step-by-step method for separating grants, work-study, federal loans, and the true remaining college cost across financial aid offers.
Read 9 min read →Build a four-year cost plan
Project college cost, renewable aid, family resources, and borrowing through graduation before paying an enrollment deposit.
Read 8 min read →College comparison worksheet
A printable meeting handout for discussing school fit, actual aid letters, and the questions a student still needs answered.
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What CampusWorth will—and will not—do.
We will
Use primary sources, state the measurement window, surface missing data, and separate editorial content from advertising.
We will not
Sell college placement, turn one statistic into a universal score, or describe loans as discounts.