What does an education cost?

Following are published costs of tuition—costs colleges listed in school literature or posted on college Web sites. In reality, you pay a lot less because there are so many ways to cut college costs. For information on how to reduce college costs, refer to the I need help getting on the education track section.

Average Published Costs of Education (2006–2007) Tuition Four-year private $22,218 Four-year public out-of-state $15,783 Four-year public in-state $5,836 Two-year public $2,272 Books and Supplies Four-year private $935 Four-year public out-of-state $942 Four-year public in-state $942 Two-year public $850

Source: College Board; www.collegeboard.com; “Trends in Higher Education Series—2006”