| When tuition & fees have increased over the | | | | students were present in institutions where the annual |
| previous decade at all kinds of colleges & | | | | tuition & fees were below $5,000. |
| universities, these expenses have gone up least at 2 | | | | Just 3% of the students were present at the schools |
| years schools, according to current report by United | | | | where tuition & fees go beyond $25,000 per year. |
| States Government Accountability Office. | | | | Community College: |
| US GAO report shows some groups of students | | | | By attending community college for first two-years of |
| moving toward the lower tuition schools from the | | | | the school, you can save, on the average, anywhere |
| four-year schools. | | | | around $3,000 - $19,000 per year in the tuition & |
| If you are headed to the college, two year or in state | | | | fees. |
| choice can help you reduce your college expenses. | | | | College Board, in 2006 Trends in the College Pricing |
| The Average liability From the Student Loans Almost | | | | report, have shown that the tuition & fees in public |
| $10,000 More Than 10 Years | | | | two year schools averaging less than $3,000 per year. |
| For past ten years, the student debt is persistently on | | | | Yearly tuition & fees at the public four-year |
| rise, with the student loan debt continuing to steep. | | | | organizations, on other hand, average $6,000 per year |
| According to series of some reports by Making | | | | for the in-state students; and at private four-year |
| Opportunity project, average student borrower at | | | | institutions, the average tuition & fees are above |
| public college and university now owes about $17,250 | | | | $22,000 per year. |
| in the student loans; 10 years before, average | | | | While you transfer from two-year school to four-year |
| borrower presence in public organization graduated | | | | school, you can graduate with diploma from four-year |
| due only $8,000 in the student credits, after adjusting | | | | school where you may choose to wind up your final |
| for the inflation. | | | | two years of the study, but you would only need to |
| If you wish to buck the movement & graduate | | | | pay 2 years' worth of 4-year school tuition. |
| with little debt if possible, then you might be able to | | | | Significant percentage of the students is selecting |
| reduce your requirement for the student loans just by | | | | two-year alternative. According to GAO, about 43 |
| keeping tuition expenses low with two-year school. | | | | percent of the non-Hispanic students are been enrolled |
| More Students Selecting Affordable College Choice | | | | in two-year schools, 50 percent of the Black & |
| GAO report discloses that majority of the present | | | | Asian Islander students, & nearly 60 percent of |
| college students go to institutions, which have lowest | | | | Hispanic students. The Hispanic and the Black students |
| average tuition & fees. | | | | are really gravitating little more toward 2-year schools, |
| Half of the college students at 2006-07 attended the | | | | Hispanic & Black enrollment up to two-year |
| institutions where average in-state teaching & | | | | schools but on decline at the 4-year public colleges. |
| fees were below $2,550 per year. And 3 out of 5 | | | | |