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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.

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Enriching Education - Cost of College vs. Inflation

Motherhood Moments

MyElearningWorld recently released a new report showing that the cost of attending college is largely outpacing inflation - over 3x in the last 40 years. 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

Enrollment in US colleges and universities has sharply declined over the last decade, but does that mean schools are seeing less revenue from tuition? In the new report from MyElearningWorld.com , we found that even though college enrollment has dropped by a whopping 15.3% Other Interesting Data: College enrollment is down 3.1

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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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How We’re Using Upromise to Save for College

Family Balance Sheet

Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. My oldest was in eighth grade and one of my goals for 2020 was to start saving consistently for both daughters’ college education. We want to assist them in financing their college years and we needed to make some progress.

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Five Frugal Things | on a Monday!

The Frugal Girl

I mean, obviously, I pay for this privilege because it’s rolled into my college tuition. I printed papers at school I needed to print out a bunch of pages of an OB lab packet, plus other homework, plus some forms (med card forms, blank concept maps, etc). Sooo, I popped into the school library and printed all of those for free.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you know you are going to want to have a tutor for your child this year, use a college tutor. Check with your local college for students who are majoring in the subject your child needs help with. If you or your student are funding college expenses, be careful of where you go for money first. Get Rewarded. What a deal.

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