Research + News | Topic: College Costs
Feb 4, 2019
Attention, College Shoppers. These Schools Are Slashing Their Prices.
As soaring tuition scares off many families, a growing number of private colleges have embraced a marketing tactic associated more with selling airline tickets or flat-screen televisions than higher education: a price cut. Read the article here.
Nov 12, 2018
Why So Busy? Our Flawed College System Takes Toll On Families Years Before Tuition Is Due
Families jam their schedules and fret over finances to prepare their kids for college. But all this craziness comes at a cost to parents and children. Read the article here.
Jul 16, 2018
Why Rural Michigan Teens Are Skipping Out On College. It’s Not Grades
The road to college can be scary for small town teens. Read the article here.
Jul 3, 2018
The Value Of Education
Young people are getting paid less than their contemporaries in the year 2000. Take a look at the data here.
Apr 25, 2018
Teens Turn To Trades To Turn A Dollar
Today’s trend-setting teens are ditching the debt load of a four-year college degree in favor of learning trades and earning technical degrees. Read the article here.
Mar 5, 2018
Why An Honors Student Wants To Skip College And Go To Trade School
As worries about student debt rise, states and businesses increasingly push faster, cheaper paths to the workplace; parents are stumped. Read the article here.
Nov 8, 2017
Three Money Conversations Every Teen Should Have With Their Parents
Some conversations that families need to have around the topic of money. Read the article here.
Jul 5, 2017
Distressed Borrowers Say Student Debt Help Was Anything But
USA Today highlights experiences with so-called student loan debt help companies. Read the article here.
Jan 13, 2017
High Cost Of Education Limits Career Choices For Millennials
We’ve all seen the staggering student loan debt statistics: It averages more than $20,000 and 69% of Millennials have student loan debt, according to the Federal Reserve of New York. What the numbers don’t tell us is what is going on in Millennials’ minds before they take on this debt.
Read the rest of the article here.
Oct 18, 2016
You Won’t Believe What Some Students Blow School Loan Money On
About half of students blow some of their school loan money on non-educational expenses, including 3% who spent it on alcohol and drugs, according to a new Student Loan Hero survey.
Read the full article here.