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Make sense of the price of college — free calculators for student loans, cost of attendance, loan payoff, refinancing, 529 saving, and net price, plus plain-English guides to paying for school without the guesswork.
From sizing up a student-loan payment and the four-year cost of a degree to weighing a refinance, planning extra payments, saving in a 529, and reading the net price behind a financial-aid letter, FeePress pairs free hands-on calculators with plain-English guides and an illustrated museum of higher education. Know the number before you borrow.
College Cost & Aid Calculators
Free tools for the numbers behind paying for college — student loan payments, cost of attendance, loan payoff, refinance comparison, 529 savings goals, and net price after aid.
Student Loan Calculator
Turn a loan balance, interest rate, and repayment term into your monthly payment, total paid, and total interest — so you know the real cost of borrowing before you sign the note
College Cost Estimator
Add tuition, housing, fees, and books, then project the four-year total with tuition inflation — the sticker price of a degree, year by year, in today's and tomorrow's dollars
Loan Payoff Estimator
See how much faster you clear a student loan and how much interest you save by paying a little extra each month — the payoff date and dollars an extra $50 or $100 actually buys
Student Loan Refinance Comparison
Compare your current loan against a refinance offer — new rate and term side by side — to see the monthly change, the lifetime interest difference, and whether refinancing pays off
529 Savings Goal
Set a college savings target, a number of years, and an expected return to find the monthly 529 contribution that gets you there — plus how much of the goal your growth does for you
Net Price Estimator
Subtract grants, scholarships, and aid from the full cost of attendance to see the real net price, your out-of-pocket total, and the funding gap your family still needs to cover
University & Campus Museum
Step into an illustrated museum of higher education — the great universities and their centuries of history, the libraries and lecture halls where learning happens, the rites of graduation and academic dress, and the ideas that shaped college as we know it, each in its own gallery. Get to know the history and the places behind the institutions you are paying for.
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