34 CFR § 668.2 SAMPLE
SAMPLE Cost of Attendance
SAMPLE — not the school's official COA. Direct costs are what a school typically bills. Indirect costs are allowed living and other expenses. Pick a sector to load College Board 2025–26 sticker averages, then overwrite every line with the catalog or aid office budget. This works for universities, community colleges, graduate programs, and trade / clock-hour schools.
Optional school name is only a label — Genie does not look up live tuition. Confirm figures on the school's site, College Navigator, or its net-price calculator.
Direct costs (typically billed)
Indirect costs (allowed, usually not billed)
SAMPLE COA
$30,642
Direct $25,850 · Indirect $4,792 · Living $13,900 · 100% enrollment · 9 months
- DirectTuition & fees
- $11,950
- DirectOn-campus housing (billed)
- $8,200
- DirectMeal plan (billed)
- $5,700
- IndirectBooks, supplies, equipment
- $1,240
- IndirectTransportation
- $980
- IndirectMiscellaneous personal
- $2,500
- IndirectFederal student loan fees
- $72
Paste a SAMPLE SAI from the FAFSA estimator to see leftover need.
How to use this without FTI
- SAMPLE only — replace every line with the school's published Cost of Attendance (catalog or financial aid site).
- Authority: 34 CFR § 668.2 (Cost of attendance). Direct = billed by the school. Indirect = allowed living and other costs not on the bill.
- Sector tuition starters are College Board 2025–26 published averages (sticker, not net price). Living lines are adjusted by a SAMPLE state cost index.
- Net price = COA minus grants. Sticker tuition is not what most students pay. Use the school's net-price calculator and award letter.
Pair with SAMPLE FAFSA / SAI or SAMPLE R2T4. Ask Genie to walk a school's published budget in prose.