TuitionCents Blog

This is a guest post from Edmit. We have great news! There are a lot of schools across the United States that cover 100% of student financial need. Getting 100% of your financial need covered doesn’t necessarily mean that you won’t have to pay for some of your college expenses. This will depend on your demonstrated…

In 1944, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly referred to as the G.I. Bill), was designed and passed through Congress in the United States. Despite the original Bill expiring in 1956, new programs to assist U.S. military veterans have been created and referred to by the same name. This blog is not to dive…

This post was originally published on May 13, 2019. It was updated on January 7, 2020. No One Enjoys This Stuff…But It’s Crucial No matter where I am presenting my college funding workshop, there is always one common denominator: When I start discussing the FAFSA and CSS Profile I am met with a multitude of…

This post was originally published on May 3, 2019. It was updated on December 31, 2019. Do Washington D.C. Residents Get In-State College Tuition in All States? This is the most common question I hear when I give my college workshop, Little Known Secrets of Paying for College. The short answer is…. No! But there…

This article was originally published on July 15, 2016. It was updated on December 10, 2019. Many students now attend public universities to reduce the cost of higher education. Unfortunately, students often face a huge premium if they want to attend a public university that is not in their state of residence. This can be…

Saving for retirement is a challenge. Figuring out how to pay for your kids’ college while trying to save for retirement is a much more difficult challenge.  College is a daunting and anxiety-inducing proposition for so many parents.  It is one of the biggest pre-planned expenses in our lives and it often falls at an…

For many Americans, affordability will be a major factor in their college decision. Therefore, it’s incredibly helpful to find out which schools have deep pockets and a generous disposition.  So, how do you do this? Where can you find out how much is in a college’s endowment fund, and how likely is it that this…

Note: In this post, I am focusing solely on rental properties—not REITs or crowdfunding platforms. The Pros of Real Estate Investing Recently, I’ve been coming across parents that swear by only investing in real estate to pay for their children’s college education. Typically, they believe only in real estate because it’s a brick and mortar…

Traditional Strategies for Determining Admission Probability The college search process can be grueling and chaotic; there are just so many possibilities and unknown factors involved. And of course, underscoring this entire search is the concern that you can’t know for sure whether you will get into a specific college. Think about it: what are your…

Roth IRAs and the FAFSA When it comes to college funding, most families seem to be “in the middle.” They aren’t wealthy enough where college funding isn’t a concern and at the same time, they aren’t poor enough where the government will help pay for most, if not all, of their children’s college education. Being…