Book Description

This best-selling college financial aid guide now includes software with electronic worksheets Completely Updated for 1999! The College Costs and Financial Aid Handbook provide easy-to-use worksheets, in print form and on disk, for estimating the expected family contribution to college costs based on both federal and institutional methods. The comprehensive database gives families detailed facts and figures on undergraduate costs and college-based scholarship opportunities at more than 3,100 colleges, including tuition, fees, room and board charges, additional out-of-state costs at public institutions, financial aid application deadlines, and much more. Geared to families at all income levels, it offers the information they need about college costs and how to pay those costs.