In 2024, the CFP Board accredited 179 undergraduate colleges preparing students for careers in financial planning. How is a prospective financial planner supposed to determine which program offers the ...

Many families are shocked by a college’s sticker price. While the cost of tuition can be overwhelming, financial aid can make higher education more affordable. For a typical family with a college ...

What's the most important factor in choosing a university? Posh dorms? A pretty campus? A generous and easy to access financial aid system? No matter what you're looking for in higher education, there ...

A handful of top US colleges are taking steps to boost financial aid for low and middle-income families as the soaring cost of attendance fuels backlash from financially stretched students. The ...

Prospective students and their parents pass Miller Lawn, the main quad, on a tour of Colby College, which is expanding financial aid for middle-income families. The library is in the background.

These colleges—spread from Pennsylvania to Kentucky to Michigan—discount their listed cost of attendance by at least 50% for all, or nearly all, students. College is more expensive than ever. That ...

For Emily Kayser, the prospect of covering her son’s college tuition on a teacher’s salary is “scary. It’s very stressful.” To pay for it, “I’m thinking, what can I sell?” Kayser, who was touring ...

After months of waiting, high school seniors have most of their admission decisions in hand. If they are lucky and planned thoughtfully, they have options. Now comes the hard part of choosing a school ...

Students often consider the return on investment of their degree when deciding whether and where to enroll in college, but not every student receives financial education from their institution on how ...