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It's well known that the cost of attending college is soaring, but a few colleges have bucked the trend by remaining tuition free. Money College takes a closer look at them:

The Center For College Affordability analyzed reviews of professors posted by college students on RateMyProfessors.com, and put together a list of the colleges with the worst professors, and the best. The results are surprising -- and they shouldn't impact which school you send your kids to.

College applications too much? Tough job market got you down? A gap year might be just what you need to rejuvenate yourself. A gap year is when a student takes time off after high school and before finishing college to explore the world, a hobby, or themselves. Traditional gap year travel programs...

High school students applying to Brown and Columbia universities may be stuck when it comes to knowing what to write on their applications. How long should their answers be? What tone is the college looking for? It's a nerve-wracking process. To help give those potential applicants a leg up, the...

A new study by the nonprofit American Institutes for Research set out to tally the costs associated with freshman students who don't return to the college where they initially enrolled. It found that taxpayers foot a pretty steep bill.

With the withering economy making it tough for students to find jobs after graduation, an increasing number of borrowers are defaulting on their student loans. The overall default rate on federal student loans grew to 7 percent in fiscal 2008 from 6.7 percent a year earlier, says the Department of...

For a growing number of U.S. college graduates, a diploma marks the beginning of financial difficulties. The Education Department says those who were scheduled to begin paying back their student loans in 2007 were 52% more likely to default within two years compared with those who left college two years earlier.

The State University of New York, which has 64 campuses, has agreed to a code of conduct developed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo designed to safeguard students from unscrupulous marketing. The code outlines steps schools should take to monitor and limit credit card marketing to...

If law school tuition can cost more than $150,000 and the legal services profession lost 17,200 jobs between July 2009 and 2010, is investing in a law degree still worth the expense? Actually, yes, according to three legal education experts who spoke to Money College about law school financial aid....

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Tuesday (last updated at 7:28 a.m. Eastern time): Housing Finance Reform Set To Begin: Mortgages were at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis. And despite numerous pieces of legislation that have been debated and signed...