“ The median family income of a student from Harvard is $168,800, and 67% come from the top 20 percent. About 1.8% of students at Harvard came from a poor family but became a rich adult.”
> What % of students with family incomes under 65k/yr are admitted to Harvard vs the % of students with family incomes greater than that?
According to Harvard, about 20% of their undergrads pay nothing. That's probably roughly the percentage of students from families making <65k/yr.
> The median family income of a student from Harvard is $168,800, and 67% come from the top 20 percent.
Then the median family should have no problem paying the ~10% of their income that Harvard will charge them, after financial aid.
The point is that almost nobody who gets into Harvard decides not to go because they can't afford it. People who really can't afford it get a full ride, and even families that make 150k/yr are paying only a small fraction of the sticker price - they're paying less than what many public universities charge.
