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FOXBusiness.com’s Kate Rogers on how to look past the sticker price on the colleges your child is looking to attend.
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The value will have beings we issued to the value of homes apartment night that the value of college it to some that we're starting to question.
-- Cause great -- -- you know should be aspiration for many people -- gone beyond college but the prices hit a record -- Record highs surging 440%.
In the past 2.5 years making this student loan debt crisis.
Perhaps the next housing crisis up trillion dollars is what we hold.
It's you on debt there's Princeton Review 2013 report looking at a 150 different colleges across the nation that are considered the best value.
And -- foxbusiness.com.
Kate Rogers has those schools we'll share some of the information that she found in this report with you -- okay.
There are -- out there that actually get money yeah.
Absolutely so the concern a few years back you know parents would be.
Scared that there can would flunk out of school right away -- it too many parties but today their parents top concern is that their child when he get into the school.
Of their choice and the feeling won't be able to afford it the Princeton Review is seeing don't cross the school off your list just because of the cost you have to look past the sticker price right.
On the colleges and universities back.
You're still let's look at the top five private colleges for 2013.
Yes I -- the number one private school was asked weren't weren't thinking have a list here -- can I -- down number one.
Private school is warrant more Harvard interest and Harvard Williams.
-- stand.
And Pomona.
In Claremont California.
You know the average cost to attend a private school is 55000 dollar gas.
And it.
-- -- The value in the -- need available -- that come down to average well also the prison immediately and that they looked -- average debt -- graduating with what I -- -- interesting things in this study is that these schools on this list are looking at.
They they're more selective than the typical school also they're admitting about less than half of the students that come in -- but what's interesting things is that they're graduating -- -- having lower regions of student debt once they're out of the average -- graduates about 24000 dollars.
From a four year school won't and from these schools.
Scenes were having around 20000 dollars a year to it's not that much -- -- okay.
Sit and that is a big difference over the course of four years at breakfast at -- us yeah it sixteen -- oh yeah absolutely so it's important and also another thing is on.
These schools on this list -- are giving out more great -- which a lot of us don't comfortable pulled back it's important.
To think about when your kids looking at school so I close in the printing -- gave some tips -- students and families when their looking at screen aside from just wouldn't have to sticker price.
What -- just mentioned about grants financially speech starting your students high school guidance counselor.
And see what he or -- applicable for you know as far as scholarships are concerned right then look at the schools that -- admitting to admit to you and see what you can have available because that's money that's left on the table and recently here that can be helping your family and let's take a look at the five public colleges -- -- the best value.
And just -- reminder -- everybody out there about the student loan crisis.
Schools.
Yell for Washington my -- the University of Virginia.
Actually -- students for not paying back certain funds for something to -- to consider.
How easily explore this student loan debt crisis.
Thank you so much for your article I found out what thank -- -- excellent English he had -- to everybody for putting up at my boys this week.
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