College financial aid strategies to optimize your assets, income & EFC

#25: If you plan to pay for kiddo’s college education, then get ready to potentially nearly double what you spent from 0-18. Right now, the average cost of public in-state 4-year university (tuition, room, board) is $21k per year. Private universities, $49k per year. When I was in college, it was $12k/year public, $32k private (in today’s dollars)… So, given how expensive college is (esp private), it’s natural for parents to feel anxious about how to afford college for their kids. “Will we qu...