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Money Matters: College Tuition Compared to Minimum Wage

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MyElearningWorld released a new report showing that the average college student in 2023 has to work about 4x as many hours on minimum wage as a student 30 years ago to access the same education. Thanks for reading! This material comes from Motherhood Moment.

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Enriching Education - Cost of College vs. Inflation

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along with other notable findings: If the cost of going to college rose consistently with the U.S. along with other notable findings: If the cost of going to college rose consistently with the U.S. Thanks for reading! The report includes graphs (feel free to use them!)

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Enriching Education: College Enrollment and Revenue Survey

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In the new report from MyElearningWorld.com , we found that even though college enrollment has dropped by a whopping 15.3% since 2012, colleges and universities are still raking in 2.54% more in total revenue from students paying tuition. Other Interesting Data: College enrollment is down 3.1 million students).

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Enriching Education: European "Twins" to US Colleges

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New research reveals that University of Kansas, Lawrence is the overall best college for US students , but that same experience could be had at The University of Ghent, Belgium with a 96% saving on tuition fees. Acceptance rates for US colleges continue to drop year after year.

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Meet Jackie. She and Her Husband Paid off $147,000 in Debt | Debt Free Stories

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About $52,000 of that $147K was consumer debt (credit cards, a student loan, a car loan, a home improvement loan, etc.) After we got a taste of life without credit card debt, I wanted to pay off my student loan. We paid for braces, college tuition for my son, and did fun stuff like traveling while we were paying off debt.

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