True cost, by income
What College of DuPage actually costs a family like yours
The sticker price on a college's website is what almost nobody pays. The numbers below are what families in different income brackets actually pay after grant aid — straight from the federal IPEDS NPRC1 report for AY 2023–24.
Published sticker price (cost of attendance)
$12,750 / year
Tuition + fees + room/board + books before any aid.
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Average net price by household income
What families in each income bracket actually paid out-of-pocket after grant aid, on average. Source: IPEDS NPRC1, AY 2023–24.
| Household income | Average net price / year |
|---|---|
| $0 – $30,000 | $4,032 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $4,390 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $8,431 |
| $75,001 – $110,000 | $12,717 |
| $110,001 and above | $15,308 |
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About these numbers▼
Source. Figures come from the federal IPEDS Net Price Report (NPRC1), reported annually by every Title IV–participating institution to the U.S. Department of Education. We pull the 2023–24 academic year release.
What “net price” includes. Tuition, required fees, books and supplies, and on-campus room and board (or off-campus equivalent), minus all grant and scholarship aid the student received. Loans and work-study are not netted out — those are still costs to the family, just deferred or earned.
Who's counted. Only first-time, full-time, degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates who received federal financial aid (Title IV) in their first year. That means schools where most students pay full sticker without filing the FAFSA may report a lower-than-reality average — the FAFSA-filer subset is systematically lower-income than the full student body.
Income tiers come from the IRS. These five brackets are the same ones used on the FAFSA and in IRS reporting. Income is the parent or independent student's adjusted gross income.
Year-over-year variance. Tuition rose 2–5% per year at most institutions over the last decade. Federal Pell grants and many institutional aid budgets rise alongside it, but not always at the same rate. Use these figures as a directional anchor, not a quote.
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