Make that cheap and I agree.
College is only as expensive as this article says if you want to go to an expensive private college.
“College is only as expensive as this article says if you want to go to an expensive private college”
Or an out of state, state university.
My eldest is set on attending Penn State. Probably because my husband and I are alums and the kids have been to the Univesrity Park campus often. Plus, we’re huge pro Penn Staters. It’s her first choice, and she’s been accepted. Now, since we’re out of state, it’s approximately $35,000/yr. When he and I attended, we were in state. It was a whole lot more inexpensive back then. On his side, he got a full ride for Engineering (but that didn’t include room/board/fees costs).
What I’ve learned this year, spending many hours on various college sites, checking out various private and public scholarships, private colleges give more scholarship money, more financial aid, etc.
Now, my eldest will probably get a full ride (meaning tuition) since she’s an A student, female accepted into the college of engineering and they’re still trying to meet that quota thing, lucky she’s a girl...but, we haven’t seen the numbers yet so until then, even though Penn State is her first choice, she may not attend.
College is expensive. Unless one is in the “special” class: minority, illegal, poor. College costs, for the middle class, has skyrocketed.