How to Cut Back College Expenses?

It is often easier to cut expenses rather than scrape together extra cash, especially during hard economic times like a recession.  So where can you cut back on expenses?

Financial aid officers say students with cars would often be much better off if they sold the cars and used the savings on gas, parking, insurance, and car loan payments to pay for tuition and books.

Many colleges also offer dorm discounts to students who are willing to live in triple rooms, serve as resident assistants or find chores that people will pay money for:  doing laundry, baby sitting, dog walking.

Living at home, or with relatives, is cheapest of all. Students also can buy text books some where besides their campus book store.  Same for book supplies – become friends with your local Dollar Store.

Don’t forget my previous entry on Community Colleges.  Students should be familiar what is being offered there or another idea is to take cheaper credits online or from local community colleges to speed graduation.
Many students are saving thousands of dollars by transferring from expensive colleges to cheaper in-state public universities.  They have also discovered that they need to get through college faster so they get jobs that pay better.