College Cost Lookup

Know the true cost
before you apply

Search any of 6,000+ colleges and get a full cost-of-attendance breakdown — tuition, room & board, fees, and estimated financial aid — in seconds.

Earnings by Major

Pick a major that pays off

Browse salary data across 100+ fields of study. See median early-career earnings so you can match your passion with your financial goals.

ROI Calculator

Is college worth it?
See the math.

We calculate your net cost vs. projected earnings to show your return on investment — so you can choose the school that makes financial sense for your future.

AI Financial Advisor

Your personal
financial guide

Ask Astra anything about loans, grants, scholarships, and repayment strategies. Get plain-language advice personalized to your school and major.

College Comparison

Compare schools
side by side

Add up to four colleges and compare net price, earnings potential, and ROI at a glance. Make a data-driven decision — not just a gut one.

AI-Assisted Personalized Financial Planning

Scholarships. Aid. Loans. Answered in real time.

Find scholarships, decode your award letter, optimize federal loan repayment, and get private lender hardship help — grounded in live search results, not stale data.

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What’s inside

Four tools. Every stage of your financial aid journey.

Scholarships

Scholarship Finder & Action Timeline

Find scholarships matched to your major, state, background, and financial profile using live search — then build a prioritized deadline timeline.

  • Live AI-powered scholarship search by major, state & demographics
  • School-specific merit aid lookup for your target colleges
  • Select scholarships and generate a personalized deadline timeline
  • First-generation, need-based, and diversity award matching
  • Connected to CollegeScorecard for real school data
Award Assist

FAFSA & Financial Aid Decoder

Understand your award letter, calculate your real cost gap, and compare colleges side by side — with an AI-generated summary.

  • College cost of attendance lookup
  • Award letter decoder — grants vs. loans, clearly
  • Financial gap analysis & net price
  • Side-by-side college comparison
  • Earnings by major (200+ programs)
  • AI-generated financial summary
Post-Grad Debt Relief

Student Loan Repayment Optimizer

Enter your loans and income and Astra calculates your best repayment path. Private lender? Astra searches their live forbearance page to generate a tailored hardship letter.

  • All 8 federal repayment plans compared (SAVE, PAYE, IBR, ICR, Standard, Graduated, Extended)
  • PSLF employer eligibility checker (IRS 501c3 verified)
  • AI-recommended plan with rationale
  • Hardship letter generator grounded in live studentaid.gov search
  • Private lender forbearance research via live search — letter tailored to that lender's actual policy
  • Live-searched 0% balance transfer & refinancing offers by credit score
Ask Astra

Your Personal AI Financial Aid Assistant

Chat with Astra about financial aid, scholarships, and loan repayment — grounded in your own saved data.

  • Answers grounded in live search results, not training data alone
  • Ask anything about FAFSA rules, scholarships, or repayment options
  • Available across every stage of your journey

Powered by the best AI infrastructure available

Every AI response in Astra is grounded in live, authoritative search results — not hardcoded rules that go stale. Financial aid rules change annually. Astra keeps up.

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Fast AI Inference

All AI summaries, letters, and recommendations are generated by state-of-the-art large language models built for speed and accuracy.

AI-Powered
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Live Search

Before every AI response about financial aid rules, Astra fetches live content from studentaid.gov, your lender's forbearance page, and other authoritative sources.

Real-time · Authoritative
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FERPA-Compliant

No student data in logs or URLs. All sensitive data travels encrypted. AI providers are contractually prohibited from using your data for model training.

Privacy First

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free. Unlock everything for one flat monthly rate.

Full Access

$99.99

per month · cancel anytime

Free tier included 1 search per tool (Scholarships, Award Assist, Post-Grad Debt Relief) — no credit card needed to start.
✓ $20 worth of AI usage included every month
✓ Scholarship searches, Award Assist analyses & AI summaries
✓ Loan repayment analyses, hardship letters & private lender research
✓ Live search grounded answers — always current
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No credit card required to try. $99.99/mo after your free searches are used.