NC State Ranks 8th in ACC in COA

The financial aid departments at universities are responsible for determining the cost of attendance (COA). This number is primarily used to determine the amount of financial aid that a student might need in order to attend the school. The Power 5 conferences have now decided to add the COA to what the school offers a student-athlete in a scholarship for the 1st time. The U.S. Department of Education provides broad subjective guidelines for what goes into calculating Cost of Attendance.

“Money can be calculated for tuition and fees; room and board; books; supplies; transportation and miscellaneous personal expenses. However, financial aid offices at each school decide the amounts of each…