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Money Matters: College Tuition Compared to Minimum Wage

Motherhood Moments

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. This material comes from Motherhood Moment. Thanks for reading!

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Enriching Education - Cost of College vs. Inflation

Motherhood Moments

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. The report includes graphs (feel free to use them!) Thanks for reading!

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Enriching Education: College Enrollment and Revenue Survey

Motherhood Moments

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

Motherhood Moments

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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Learn How to Protect Your Child’s College Fund

For the Mommas

Photos of teary eyed parents who scrimped and saved to send their child to college and pictures of the students who worked every summer to save for college were everywhere. Sending a child off to college is not only an emotional time for parent and student alike, it can also be a strain on the wallet and savings.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ryan Himmel, CPA, personal finance expert, and the founder of BIDaWIZ.com suggests that you can save from 4 – 9% on qualified purchases (even if you aren’t a student!) Check with your local college for students who are majoring in the subject your child needs help with. Private loans in the student’s name.

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Cash-Out Refinancing: How It Works, When To Do It

Savings Corner

You can use this money for any purpose, including home remodeling , consolidating higher-interest debt , college tuition and other financial needs. College education: Tapping into home equity to pay for college can make sense if the refinance rate is lower than the rate for a student loan.