A 50% athletic offer at a $60,000 school costs your family more than a 25% offer stacked with merit aid at a $35,000 school. Fill this in for every school still in the running—the winner is almost never the biggest percentage.
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Start with the school’s published total cost of attendance—not tuition alone. Don’t have the numbers yet? Run them first with our free True Cost of College calculator at HigherDegreeRecruit.com. Subtract every award separately so you can see which dollars are guaranteed and which renew year to year. The bottom line, four-year out-of-pocket, is the only number worth comparing across schools.
We sit down with families and run every offer side by side—real cost, renewal terms, and what happens if circumstances change. Book a free consultation at HigherDegreeRecruit.com or call (865) 696-0559.