College Planning

Students and their parents need to understand the realities of aiming for these schools.

Unexpected withdrawal can be financially catastrophic.

The main financial aid forms are available Oct. 1. Parents with college-bound kids shouldn’t wait to fill them out.

Every college and university has a net-price calculator, but they are time-consuming and tricky to use. That’s where an advisor can make a difference.

Total student loan debt held by people over 60 is $66.7 billion and the average owed is $23,500, according to a 2017 report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Sticker prices are useless. A net price calculator can help parents determine what to expect to pay to send their kid to a certain school.

A college’s first offer doesn’t always have to be the final one.