<p>@ttparent,</p>
<p>I got private student loans to finance a great deal of my tuition.</p>
<p>It’s still possible to get a full-time job as an admin assistant at a college and get some tuition benefits. I know a variety of people still doing it. Those jobs pay, in urban areas, in the upper $20Ks and lower $30Ks. The main benefit of those jobs is tuition benefits. There’s a cap on tuition benefits a year, so it’s a work/study longer term plan for those who go that route. </p>
<p>Some people also postpone college and work full-time a year or two while living at home and saving up money for tuition. Or attending some cheap community college for a year or two, while working full-time and saving up money-- then transferring to a university.</p>