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Podcast: The College Investor Audio Show
Episode: How Students Can Avoid The Full Cost of College
Description: For many parents scrolling Facebook, the same comment keeps appearing under college-related posts: “I don’t know how we’re supposed to pay $30,000 a year for college.”The fear is understandable. Sticker prices at four-year colleges have climbed for decades, and tuition figures are often presented as unavoidable facts. But the assumption behind those comments — that most families really do pay $30,000 a year out of pocket — is usually wrong.In reality, the typical college student pays far less than the published price, and many pay very little or nothing at all. A mix of public policy, institu...