“For families with income from $100,000 to $200,000, with typical assets, parents can expect to pay on a sliding scale from $0 up to a maximum of around $23,970”
Tuition-free means tuition. Families between $100,000 and $200,000 still owe up to about $23,970 a year for housing, dining and fees, and every promise carries the phrase “with typical assets.” MIT earmarked $167.3 million for undergraduate aid this year, paid out of an endowment its president calls a gift from past students. The aid is real. The headline is doing the marketing.