Financing College: How Much You'll Really Have to Pay and How to Get the Money

Written as a guide to prepare prospective college students and their parents for the escalating costs of a college education, Davis, senior associate editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, takes a comprehensive approach to develop a strategy to afford a higher education. Davis does an excellent job of explaining various investment avenues for financing a college education. Information concerning how financial-aid officers determine eligibility and practical advice on how to negotiate a better aid package are but a few items sure to be of interest to those preparing to pay for a college education.