College tuition

While Vanderbilt offers merit aid and need-based financial aid, its high sticker cost says a lot about college affordability in the U.S.

Students will pay 6% more every year for five years starting in 2024.

It’s intended to make the process of getting financial aid less painful.

In Indiana, an undocumented student might pay almost $17,000 more per year.

More than 90% of American colleges write offers without stating the net price. That makes it hard for prospective students to compare schools.

In the past fifty years, tuition at both public and private schools has more than tripled, even after accounting for inflation.

Rising wages for entry-level positions may be luring young people who are opting to work instead of attend college. What might this shift mean for the workforce in the longterm?

The University of California is the latest public land grant university system to waive tuition for some Native American students. But tuition costs are just one financial barrier that keeps Indigenous people from getting degrees.

Aneesha Edwards has a full tuition scholarship but still expects to take on about $10,000 of debt every year she's in school.

The long road to a merit scholarship included 30 applications and 90 admissions essays.