Education

Twenty years ago, the only way to obtain a college education was to do it the old fashioned, and expensive way.  Admittance to college came through the submission of an application through the mail (and usually with a check of $50 or more) and after completing your four year, 120 credit degree, you’re provided a [...]

Oddly enough, the schools that comprise the Ivy League, eight private institutions located in the northeastern United States (Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University) did not receive their name for academic reasons. The term Ivy League, or the “Ivies” was first coined [...]

According to the Project on Student Debt, the average debt for graduating college students is $24,000 as of 2010. This marks a rise in the average debt compared to previous years. In 1996, the average was $13,200. The Institute for College Access and Success found that student debt is growing at an average of 6% [...]

Photo: half empty According to Fin Aid, a comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools, on average, college tuition tends to increase about 8% per year. An average 8% college inflation rate means that the cost to send a child to college doubles every nine years. Accordingly, for a baby born today, [...]