The College Financing Plan (CFP) is a federal tool for comparing college cost and aid data and your Estimated Total Net Cost after grants/scholarships in a standardized federal format.
The CFP is not an estimated Towson University bill, and all costs are based on our Cost of Attendance budgets.
We offer several housing and dining plan options with different prices. We estimated your On-Campus Housing and Meals costs based on a multiple occupancy room in Standard University Housing and our most popular meal plan (14 meals/week plus meal points). For more details see estimated housing and meal plan costs.
For every school, the Net Costs amount on the CFP will be much higher than your estimated college charges because in addition to estimated direct costs (tuition and fees, on-campus room/board) it also includes allowances for other indirect costs that are usually not paid to your school, such as transportation, personal expenses, and off-campus housing and meal costs.
Because the allowances for these indirect costs vary widely between schools, they can distort comparisons of each school’s Direct Costs. To avoid these distortions, we encourage you to compare the relative costs of your potential schools based on your estimated Net Direct Costs at each school instead of the total Net Cost (Direct and Indirect) that are listed on the CFP.
To calculate your Net Direct Costs, follow the formulas below. (This table is not interactive.)
Estimated 2022-2023 Costs | md resident on/off campus | out-of-state on/off campus | md resident living with parents |
---|---|---|---|
Tuition & Fees (12-15 units)* | $10,818 | $26,820 | $10,818 |
+ On Campus Housing & Meals* | $13,642 | $13,642 | N/A |
= Total Direct Costs* | $24,460 | $40,462 |
$10,818 |
-Total Grants & Scholarships | - | - | - |
= Net Direct Costs | = | = | = |
*For more information about these costs, see our Cost of Attendance budgets.
The CFP presents grants and scholarships in eight different categories, but your TU Financial Aid Offer will list the actual names of each grant and scholarship that we offered.