Cost & Financial Aid
Sticker price versus true net cost, athletic versus academic versus need-based aid, FAFSA and the CSS Profile.
Tuition is the headline, not the cost. Compare the true net cost of each school after athletic aid, academic merit, and need-based aid — before you commit.
- Athletic scholarships are partial at most soccer programs
- Academic merit and need-based aid often matter more than athletic money
- Compare schools on true net cost, not headline tuition
Guides
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Paying for it: aid, net cost, and what soccer actually covers
Soccer is an equivalency sport, so most money is partial. Here is how the pieces fit together — and which form decides what.
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The true cost of college soccer
Tuition is the headline, not the cost. How to compare schools on net cost after athletic, academic, and need-based aid.
How Valeo FC and First Eleven help with this
- A quarterly True-Cost Sheet comparing net cost after athletic, academic and need-based aid — side by side.
- Offers tracked across all four years, not just year one.
- We model it with you before you commit, not after.
Humans and AI, working together. Your advisor sets the plan. AI agents do the legwork — film prep, eligibility tracking, coach research, outreach drafts, cost modelling. A human reviews anything that reaches a coach or a college.