There’s also a lot of peer pressure for college. My niece started not too long ago. She was going to go to a community college where she would have gotten a decent education, but her cousin peer pressured her into going to a more expensive college. Her parents did not want to pay for it and told her to get a loan, which she refused. A few tantrums later she got her wish. The college was crazy in their curriculum and she dropped out after a semester or two, her parents ended up owing money and she went to another college. Not sure if her credits even transferred.
Staying in state helps a lot, and just doing research on what is really needed. My 4 year bachelor’s tuition was $15,000 at a state college. The same education in the fancier colleges was $30,000 per semester, vs my $3,000 ish. We all ended up at the same place, except I had no debt. I went to check recently and I think the same degree for 4 years is about $20,000 so it didn’t go up much in the last 15yrs.
There’s also a lot of peer pressure for college. My niece started not too long ago. She was going to go to a community college where she would have gotten a decent education, but her cousin peer pressured her into going to a more expensive college. Her parents did not want to pay for it and told her to get a loan, which she refused. A few tantrums later she got her wish. The college was crazy in their curriculum and she dropped out after a semester or two, her parents ended up owing money and she went to another college. Not sure if her credits even transferred.
Staying in state helps a lot, and just doing research on what is really needed. My 4 year bachelor’s tuition was $15,000 at a state college. The same education in the fancier colleges was $30,000 per semester, vs my $3,000 ish. We all ended up at the same place, except I had no debt. I went to check recently and I think the same degree for 4 years is about $20,000 so it didn’t go up much in the last 15yrs.