All colleges are required to have a Net Price Calculator on their schools website, plug in your financial information, assets, income etc., it will tell you based on todays costs of tuition what your final bill will be, having put 2 thru so far, the net price calculators are pretty accurate. Some will even give you what merit money will be given based on GPA, AP classes and SAT scores. Too many of my oldest kid friends graduated into a crappy employment era 2011-12, those that made poor school choices, are strangled with loans, no jobs or low paying jobs. The big salaries for new grads are not there anymore, if they are lucky enough to gain employment in their field of choice. Keep your kids debt to a minimum. That is the best gift you can ever give them. Remember the starting tuition is not the same amount four years later. Tuition/room/board at one school for us was 15,000 more by year four.
