Saving money for retirement is hard enough. Saving money on top of that to send children to college can seem downright impossible — especially if you look at the nation’s ever-climbing tuition rates. In actual dollars during the 1977-78 school year, the price of tuition, room and board averaged about $1,900 a year at public, degree-granting institutions, and nearly $4,200 at their private counterparts.
Savings May Fall, But Tuition Just Keeps Rising
New York Times, Free Republic
Sat, 03/21/2009 - 6:53pm
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