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Date Posted: 15:46:54 12/11/25 Thu
In reply to:
DeepBlue
's message, "Re: Endowment Tax Bills, Best Venue for Ivy Madness" on 14:23:03 12/11/25 Thu
DeepBlue, your point is fascinating. Think about the numbers here:
Princeton could theoretically avoid paying $220 million in federal endowment tax if it can get the number of tuition-paying students down below 3,000.
Like many of the Ivies, I believe that Princeton already offers free tuition, room and board to students whose familes make less than, say, $150,000 ballpark. It's free tuition only for families which earn less than $250,000.
Let's just assume that Princeton currently has 3,500 students who currently pay something -- even one dollar -- for their tuition bill.
It is **JUST AS CHEAP** for Princeton University to offer free full tuition to all 3,500 of those students (3,500 times $65,000 = $227.5 million) than it is to pay $220 million in endowment tax.
Given that some of those 3,500 students already pay something toward their tuition, it will be far less than $227.5 million for Princeton to charge $0 in tuition.
Logically, tuition at Princeton in 2026 should be $0.
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