Sarasota, FL · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.

How to pay for New College of Florida

What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.

Paying for four years here

Household income
Saved for college

Four years here, after grants

$39,252

A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $9,900.

A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.

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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓

A year at New College of Florida

Full price, in state$23,132
Full price, out of state$49,651
After grants, at your income$8,751

At this income, 2 of Florida's other 32 colleges cost less after grants, and 30 cost more. See them all →

What can bring it down

Merit scholarships. Students who qualify for a Federal Pell Grant get all of tuition and fees from grants, scholarships and waivers, not counting the Pell Grant itself. They file the FAFSA, and Florida and out-of-state students qualify (and 1 more below).

Pay less for college

A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.

At New College of Florida, our scenarios for Florida households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $5,000 over four years. How we worked this out ↓

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Merit scholarships

What New College of Florida says it awards for grades and test scores.

  • Students who qualify for a Federal Pell Grant get all of tuition and fees from grants, scholarships and waivers, not counting the Pell Grant itself. They file the FAFSA, and Florida and out-of-state students qualify.

    Source

  • Admitted students are considered automatically for the Presidential Honors Scholarship. The amount depends on academic performance, activities and leadership.

    Source

How we worked these out

The family

A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what New College of Florida reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.

What a SmartTuition plan saves

The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.

The $5,000 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in New College of Florida's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Florida, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price New College of Florida at the aid it reports for that income.

Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.

The prices by income

  • They describe students who got aid.
  • “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
  • Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.

Where the prices come from

Where the prices come from: New College of Florida's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.

SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by New College of Florida. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.

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