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Podcast: So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Episode: 1952: How Colleges Quietly Discount Tuition and What Families Need to Know
Description: Many parents believe college now costs $100,000 a year. But the truth is far more complicated.Today on So Money, I’m joined by Ron Lieber, longtime New York Times “Your Money” columnist and author of the bestselling book The Price You Pay for College. Ron has spent years investigating how college pricing really works—and why the “sticker price” is often not the price families actually pay.In our conversation, Ron explains why the most important question isn’t how to save for college or even how to pay for college.It’s this: Wha...