NEW YORK (Reuters) – How U.S. schools calculate financial aid is so confusing that there is an entire industry devoted to unlocking its secrets with books, consultants and websites. Most parents are probably not aware that Stanford University in Palo Alto, Cal... More »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) Unlike his friends who are living at home three years after college graduation, John Kelly has paid off his student loan balance of $60,000 and is thriving as a... More »
By Marilynn Larkin(Reuters Health) – College students who go to sleep and wake up at different times during the week may be harming their academic pe More »
Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year’s commencement ceremony in New York in this May 18, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Chip East/Files Little known private colleges that are already struggling t... More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – College students in the U.S. who say their campus is welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peopl More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – College students who are struggling to keep up in class may want to lay off the alcohol and marijuana. A new study More »
FILE PHOTO — A student walks at the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz/File Photo Surveys regularly find that Americans have no idea what a 529 college savings plan is, so a little tinkering under the hood is def... More »
DETROIT Melissa Byers and Rich Rauh began stashing away money in 529 college savings accounts for their sons not long after they were born. When their older son graduated from the University of California, San Diego, a public university, he still had money ava... More »
LOS ANGELES A new study by student lender Sallie Mae found the average amount spent on college education in the United States jumped for the first time in five years, thanks to greater outlays from high-income families and parental readiness to spend more. Fam... More »
