college costs

A new tool available Oct. 29 could help families get a better idea of how much college costs. Critics worry, though, that it could sow even more ...

What do you get when college costs skyrocket but incomes barely budge? Yet another blow to the middle class.

You can take some of the sting out of college bills with credits, deductions and other tax-advantaged programs, but some are expiring this y ...

Has your child's education fund been drained by the economic downturn? Tempted to let Junior pay his own way? A new survey suggests it's not so easy.

The average annual cost of tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 6.5 percent from last year, to $7,020, the report said.

The stock market slump and rising college costs have combined to drive all but two of the nation’s 18 such funds into the red.

If you have paid college tuition recently, you probably have questions. Where does all that money go? And why doesn’t the price tag ever fall?

You can prepay your child's college costs without affecting his chances for need-based financial aid.

Kai concentrates on collected comments concerning coverage of computers, commercials, concrete, and college costs.

A growing chunk of college costs is the price of textbooks, on which the typical undergraduate spends $900 a year.

So a group of college professors is calling for low-priced and free texts online. Congress is getting involved, too.

Jill Barshay reports.