College cost breaks 30,000 dollars »

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The average cost of a four-year private college jumped to $30,367 this school year, the first time the average has broken the $30,000 mark. As they have for the past 11 years, average college costs rose faster than inflation, according the latest report from the College Board, a non-profit association of 4,500 schools, colleges and universities.

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pagey
Oct. 25, 2006, 6:02 a.m.
This scares the hell out of me with two kids to put through school.The only thing that helps is in Canada we have a program where we can put away money for education and we get a high return rate on it and a tax break. It's called a Registered Education Savings Plan, or RESP.
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geographer47
Oct. 25, 2006, 11:13 a.m.
The scariest thing is that average college costs continue to rise faster than inflation.
We need for federal and state support for higher education.