Gauss reports the yearly expenses of a poor student at Princeton in the 1910s. Noting this anonymous student was paying a reduced rate of tuition, $320.90 in 1912 is reckoned to be equivalent to $10,203.20, according to an online calculator, today.
The cost of attendance for 2024-25 at Princeton (not including transportation there and home again) is estimated at $86,700, broken down thus:
- Tuition: $62,400.
- Housing: $11,910.
- Food: $8,340.
- Estimated miscellaneous expenses: $4,050.
Costs have changed.