In most of the schools I was considering the family annual income cutoff is around $65k a year. That's below the median for the country, and covers most of the

In most of the schools I was considering the family annual income cutoff is around $65k a year. That's below the median for the country, and covers most of the lower and lower middle class. That's a pretty substantial part of this country. As for being in the top 2-5%, that unfortunately is still a requirement.