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What does Cost of Attendance mean?

April 26, 2017attendance COST mean

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What does Cost of Attendance mean?

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Cost of attendance includes tuition, fees, books, and supplies as well as some basic living expenses such as housing, food, transportation, and personal items. Averages are used for each of these expenses rather than exact costs of the individual student.

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Cost of Attendance (COA) is the allowable expenses a student will incur by attending college. COA can vary widely between certain categories of students within an institution and even between institutions. Based on the initial information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a student is placed in a particular COA bracket. For example, a dependent, undergraduate student, paying Kansas residency fees, is assigned a different COA than an independent, graduate student, paying non-resident fees. While there are differences, there are more similarities.