Thursday, October 28, 2010

NPR: Average Sticker Price For College $36,993 A Year

by Jacob Goldstein
Planet Money blog

Editors Note: The following article is from NPR.org. I will post parts of articles on this blog from time to time if I think the article is relevant to education or digital communications. I will give credit to the organization and author and only include the first few paragraphs of the article. -- CR



The cost of going to a public college has increased by 24 percent in the past five years. The cost of private school is up 17 percent.

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But that's just the sticker price. The value of grants and scholarships has also gone way up, wiping out the average increase at private schools and blunting it at public schools.
Here are some of the key numbers from a report released today by the College Board.

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