Why Are College Costs So High?
If you have been touring college campuses you have likely experienced “sticker shock” when you hear the rates for tuition and fees, room and board during the information sessions. Even the price of...
View ArticleA ‘Cheaper’ Faculty Almost Never Lowers College Costs
I’ve read and heard many reasons as to why college costs have gone up so much. At least one prominent politician, Vice President Biden, placed the blame on faculty salaries. He is right in a sense. The...
View ArticleA Message For the ‘Public’ that Grumbles About College Costs
This is for those people who grumble about student financial aid and college costs, who say how the very poor or the middle class are being helped too much by financial aid. I’d like to discuss college...
View ArticleIt Rarely Pays to Be ‘Average’ in College Admissions
I will be covering this, and several other topics in my FREE Your Keys to College Class, Comparing College Costs on Wednesday, October 29th, 7 to 9 PM at Temple Adath Israel in Lawrenceville, NJ. The...
View ArticleWhy is Choosing a College Like Buying a House?
College tuition has increased faster than inflation while borrowing limits on publicly supported student loan programs have not increased significantly. Choosing a college has become more difficult not...
View ArticleA College’s Return on Investment is a Personal Calculation
Today, I read an interesting post on the “payoff” of earning a college degree that sites several academic studies as evidence. The word payoff has also been used to explain the return on investment...
View ArticleBeware the Fine Print of Differential Tuition Pricing
I’ve always had a saying” Colleges are priced like houses and sold like cars.” This is very true with respect to the ways that publicly-supported schools post tuition and fees. Whenever you shop for a...
View ArticleIt’s Not Too Early for College Freshmen to Get Serious About College Costs
Today the second of a two-part series on personal finance for college freshmen, Top 5 Money Saving Tips for When Starting College, appeared on HuffPost College today. Co-authored by economist Lisa...
View ArticleThe Flagship State University That Is The Best Value for Non-Residents Is…
Since the 2008 recession, 48 of the 50 U.S state governments have cut funding for higher education, including their support for the flagship state university. The most common practice to offset the...
View ArticleCollege Costs You Can Manage: Room and Board
Years before starting EducatedQuest I was a city planner. Among my first projects were housing market studies to determine if the either the local housing market had enough living options for a...
View ArticleWhat Do You Get For Your Tuition and Fees?
I’ve seen many comments on Facebook lately from different groups talking about college tuition and fees. The feeling is that college is “not worth as much” if classes are brought online. A Montclair...
View ArticleHow Can You Plan for College Costs?
The new reality of COVID-19 has led families to consider college costs in a different light than before. Parents are questioning the “value” of a college education when it does not include the “college...
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