Word: tuition
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...Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo, earned just $38,000 last year, and Christopher's mother Eva earned $17,000 as a tennis coordinator at a country club. They faced a challenge common to the families of more than a million aspiring college students each year: how to pay the tuition, room and board that, without some kind of help, can total a third or more of the family's yearly income...
More than a decade ago, college tuitions were increasing at double-digit percentage rates. By last year the average increase had dropped to a more manageable 5%, and some schools, including the entire California state system, actually lowered tuition. But for most families the damage had been done. "Even the low increases in tuition this year were twice the rate of inflation," says Jonathan Satovsky, a New York City- based financial planner with American Express, "much higher than most families can prepare...
...typical bill for tuition, fees, room, board, books and incidentals is $10,069 at public schools--23% of the average American family's household income. Only a very few of us can open our checkbook and zip off that amount. And yet somehow it gets done, as thousands of families scrimp a little here, borrow a little there and take advantage of a host of scholarships, grants and tax credits made possible by organizations ranging from the local Lions Club to the Federal Government in Washington...
...from freshman year. In spite of the record-high sticker prices, now is actually a great time to be headed for the halls of higher learning--right on the heels of Chelsea Clinton. Since her dad, the President of the U.S., has already paid a year's worth of tuition at Stanford, one of a growing list of schools that cost more than $30,000 a year, he feels your pain. So too, apparently, does Congress, which is why there has been a recent spate of legislation making college more affordable. The tools and the resources are there...
...start, don't be intimidated by reports of astronomical college costs. They apply to relatively few students: only about 80 colleges and universities charge more than $20,000 for tuition and fees. Add room, board, books and incidentals, and that number jumps...