College Navigator, a government site, has statistics on net prices of colleges. Here are numbers for Harvard



YEAR AVERAGE NET PRICE
2009-2010 $16,459
2008-2009 $16,156
2007-2008 $19,482
The net price for 2009-10 is further reduced by an average of $2,413 by scholarships received from outside sources.

and UC Berkeley


YEAR AVERAGE NET PRICE
2009-2010 $15,765
2008-2009 $14,818
2007-2008 $13,863

"Average net price is generated by subtracting the average amount of federal, state/local government, or institutional grant or scholarship aid from the total cost of attendance. Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, and the weighted average for room and board and other expenses.
Full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded grant or scholarship aid from federal, state or local governments, or the institution."

The cost of Berkeley has almost risen to that of Harvard for the 2009-2010 academic year. Harvard is probably cheaper for low-income students and more expensive for higher-income ones.

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