payingforcollege

A $15,000-a-year state college and a private one with much higher fees that are reduced to $15,000 by financial aid and scholarships -- paying for either is the same, right? Wrong! Find out why the cheaper option will save you many money headaches.

Money College writer Fruzsina Eordogh chronicles her ongoing struggles with the student loan giant Sallie Mae. The three-month deferment I paid $150 for from Sallie Mae has run out and so I began the dreaded robot call center run-around that is Sallie Mae's customer service. I hung up a couple of...

I will try my hardest to not make this piece a "woe is me" story and more on the dangers of taking out private loans (or any student loans for that matter). I would first like to clarify that I come from a financially unstable household. I was the first person in my family to go to college, I am...

While your kids are stressing about college, as in their essays and SAT scores, you're probably stressing about college planning, as in coming up with the money. Of course you want your kids to have the best education possible -- but have you seen what the best education costs these days? Don't...

My first daughter won't be going to college for another 11 years, and I'm already feeling ill when I wonder how I'm going to pay for it. Not to mention my second daughter, who will be ready for college in 13 years.So I'm always interested in learning about different ways to pay for college, and one...

Many parents have been using the popular 529 Plan to set money aside to pay for their childrens' college education. However, I know some parents who are not too happy about their money being tied up in a 529 plan now that it has come time for them to pay the actual tuition. With the stock market...

College: it ain't what it used to be. A study published this week by the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability says that students are paying more of the cost for college, but are more and more going to less prestigious colleges whose budgets are going more...

What happens if you're laid-off and can't come up with the money to fund your kid's college tuition? Money has this horrible, horrible advice: If your child has an aid package and you've been laid off since it was awarded, petition the school for more help this semester; otherwise, get a PLUS loan,...

The question of whether kids should work in college is an important and complex one.First, there's a procedural issue: For any money that a college student earns over $4,000, 50% is deducted from any financial aid he would otherwise receive. Is that fair? No, it's idiotic. But that's the way the...

Welcome to WalletPop's series "You've graduated. Now what?" Our bloggers have a wealth of suggestions to help you find you way through that time of amazing transformation, from student to working stiff. Previous: Time to find a place to live Next: Learn to cook When I graduated from...