Since the median income of the U.S. is about $60,000.00, I would say $100,000.00 is quite a ways above middle class. (Just my 2 cents).If his family's income is middle class or lower (say $100,000/year), he will pay very little for the actual costs of school. Princeton still requires undergrads to stay in the dorms for all four years, so that will also be mostly covered. There will still be a lot of expenses for everyday college life that he would have to cover, but it would be roughly the same as those same expenses if he had to travel across country to attend a Vo-tech school. If he's being recruited with the expectation that he'll play football--which appears to be the case--there will be grants tied to that as well, and those aren't necessarily tied to family income/ability to pay.
He's going to get a very sweet deal.
Keep in mind that all of the above is based on the assumption that his family's household income is not much above the median.
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