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Recent graduates from private colleges and universities walked away from commencement with an average of $28,100 in student debt, according to The College Board. But not every school leaves its alumni so far in the hole.

For years now, private college tuition has risen far faster than inflation, a fact that colleges have used a fancy theory called Baumol's Law to explain away. Unfortunately for families who pay over $200,000 to send a child to one of those schools, the comparative value of the education rarely justifies the higher price.

New Yorkers who participate in the state's 529 college savings direct plan will see their fees cut by almost 50%. The direct plan's total annual asset-based fee declined to 0.25% from 0.49% starting Aug. 29, according to the comptroller's office. The reduction means plan participants could save...

Who might be the Mark Zuckerberg of tomorrow? Money College blogger LeeAnn Maton looks at five entrepreneurs in this two-part series on college students and their start-ups. For college-aged entrepreneurs -- those brave students who balance boardrooms with backpacks and venture-planning with exam...

It's not easy being green, but if your college offers bicycle rentals, it just might be. On college campuses across the country, from Yale to Berkeley, bicycle cruising has become more popular for its environmental impact and cost effectiveness than rolling in gas-mobiles. Instead of splurging on...

What happens to bright young things when they graduate college in the middle of an economic downturn? According to Lisa Kahn, assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management, it's not a pretty picture. While it might seem like things will be looking up as soon as the economy...

The endowments of Harvard and Yale took a horrible beating in the last fiscal year, proof that brains don't necessarily top the market. Documents from Harvard for the year ending June 30 show that its fund declined to $26 billion. That includes a 27.3 percent loss on investments and $1.7 billion in...

As if graduating into a sour job market, with record levels of education and credit card debt isn't enough, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that members of the class of 2009 who do get a job will be cursed by low starting salaries for years to come. Based on past data,...

A few years ago, at my 10th high school reunion, I was surprised and delighted to discover that my former Sex and Marriage teacher, a man that I particularly disliked, had been scammed by a 27-year old George Mason student and sometime porn star. Apparently the young man, Anoushirvan D. Fakhran,...