Some hard lessons about college costs

[annasdad]

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I think that a lot of students go to public research universities because of the sticker price not realizing what the primary focus of professors is. You can get the focus on teachers at LACs but they often have much higher sticker prices.

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<p>That is no doubt true. But often, the net price of LACs is less than that of state universities - at least that’s true in Illinois. My D got accepted to four schools, three of them private - all less expensive than any of our in-state publics would have been.</p>