{"id":61,"date":"2017-11-29T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/what-can-you-get-for-your-money\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T10:47:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:47:42","slug":"what-can-you-get-for-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/what-can-you-get-for-your-money\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you get for your money? &#8211; College Education and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, it can help to get a little perspective on the relative costs of college education. A college education ain&#8217;t cheap, and looking at some figures on the differing costs of college degrees can help you get a good read on what paying for a college education might mean for you.<\/p>\n<p>And if nothing else, figure out how much money you&#8217;ll need to save to buy a 20-foot long animatronic triceratops.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. You heard me.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Heading_2\">Private Colleges and Universities<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">National Average for 4-year degree<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$21,324<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/college.harvard.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">Harvard College<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$52,652<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tuition, room, board, and fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahlawrence.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">Sarah Lawrence College<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$56,282<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tuition, room, insurance, and fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upenn.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">University of Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$57,360<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tuition, fees, housing, meals, books,<br \/>\nand personal costs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">Princeton University<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$55,850<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tuition, room, board, and miscellaneous<br \/>\nexpenses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yale.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">Yale University<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$55,850<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tuition, room, board, books, and personal<br 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fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wm.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">College of William and Mary<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$12,412<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tution, room, board, books, travel, incidentals,<br \/>\nand fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osu.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">Ohio State University<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"Heading_1\">$19,926<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Yearly tuition, room, board, and fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"Heading_2\">Community Colleges<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<table style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxcollege.edu\/\"><span class=\"Heading_1\">Fox College<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><span 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