Hi Michael,
I've been saying for many years now that college price tags are meaningless since most families don't pay full price.
BUT...
Paying attention to sticker prices can be extremely helpful in shrinking a family's costs.
Here's an example:
Getting a $20,000 scholarship from a college with a published price of $38,000 will make a college much more affordable than receiving the same award from a $65,000 school.
How to sort colleges by price
The Chronicle of Higher Education has created an invaluable tool that you can use to sort 3,000 colleges by price. This tool had been parked behind a paywall, but it isn't any longer.
Using this online resource, you can search for colleges by price nationally or by state. You can also sort by private and state schools.
In my latest blog post, I write about this valuable tool including how you can access it and what you can learn by taking advantage of it. Just click on the following link to my post to find out more about this resource and to start using it yourself:
Want to discover MUCH MORE about how to make college more affordable?
I've been getting a lot of emails asking about when I'm going to start my popular online course again and I've got a date!
I'm excited to announce that I'm relaunching the The College Cost Lab on Jan. 30. This course is excellent for college consultants and high school counselors and hundreds of professionals have taken the class.
In the course, here is just a fraction of what you'll learn:
- What kind of schools award many merit scholarships.
- How to evaluate the generosity of any college.
- An easy way to discover if a family will qualify for financial aid.
- Strategies for affluent families looking for merit scholarships.
- The identity of schools that provide the best need-based financial aid.
- How investments impact financial aid and is this really such a big deal?
If you register soon, you'll also receive my latest resource guide, Your Smart Blueprint for Selecting Colleges.
This unique 19-page guide provides an eight-step process to finding wonderful schools! And you can share it with your families!
The College Cost Lab is SELF PACED so you don't have to worry about devoting a certain amount of time to learning at set time periods. Learn when you want to! And you'll get to keep all the materials when the class is over.
By clicking the orange button below, you can discover much more about the class that's generated phenomenal feedback. I hope you decide to register today!
P.S. If you have questions about the class just email me.
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