This post is adapted from testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on November 6, 2025. The high cost of college is a perennial source of frustration for ...

Man counting college savings fund, tuition fee or student loan with calculator. Education price and expenses concept. Money and papers on table. Calculating budget and planning finance. This story was ...

What is contributing to rising college costs? Higher education tuition has doubled in the last 20 years, with some institutions today hitting the $100,000 mark for a four-year degree. These escalating ...

・In-State Public Tuition averages $11,610 In 2024-2025 ・Private college sticker price hits $43,350 this year ・Tuition has dropped 9% on average at two-year colleges since 2014 How much will college ...

For generations, a college degree has been a step on the ladder toward success in most professional job categories. Today, the assumption that college is an automatic ticket to a great career is ...

Today, typical college costs (including tuition and fees, room and board, and allowances for books and supplies, transportation and other personal expenses) range from $27,330 for public in-state ...

Federal student loan debt now stands at $1.66 trillion — more than double the $800 billion recorded in 2007.

Getting into college can be hard.But figuring out how to finance college so that neither parent nor child is left financially hard up? It’s a new, highly annoying level of hard, at least if you hope ...