Can you actually afford your college?
Find your real cost and exactly how to pay for it.
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Sample funding gap
$18,400
per year - after all aid
Sample funding gap breakdown: 62 percent covered by aid and 38 percent remaining gap.
How it works
Enter your school
We start with published school costs when available and let you adjust them.
Refine your real cost
Adjust the estimate based on what you know from your portal or award letter.
Get your plan
See your gap and exactly how to cover it.
The problem
The numbers families never see until it's too late.
Sticker prices are only the start. CollegeLens shows you the real cost, the real gap, and whether the math works for you, before you commit.
- Average sticker price
- $62K/yr
- What the brochures show.
- Average net price after aid
- $34K/yr
- What families actually pay.
- Typical unmet need
- $12.8K/yr
- The gap nobody talks about.
Where our numbers come from
Grounded in public, verifiable data.
No guesses. No marketing numbers.
IPEDS
U.S. Department of Education postsecondary data.
College Scorecard
Federal cost, graduation, and earnings data by major.
BLS Occupational Outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics wage and employment data.
Your award letter
Your actual grants, loans, and work study.
Founder
Sravani Atluri
"I borrowed my way through college studying to be an engineer, then built a career in marketing instead. CollegeLens is the tool I wish my family had before we made those decisions."Read our story
How we stay honest
You're the customer. Not the product.
Some lender options on CollegeLens are paid ads, clearly labeled with an advertising disclosure wherever they appear.
We don't sell your data. Your award letters and financial details stay private to your account.