This article holds with my experience- 2 daughters, 2 different colleges, both tuitions worked out to about $15K, one in-state, one out-of-state but with an ach

This article holds with my experience- 2 daughters, 2 different colleges, both tuitions worked out to about $15K, one in-state, one out-of-state but with an achievement scholarship that brought it down to the same price as the in-state. And the achievement scholarship was not particularly onerous- mid-percentile SATs, good grades, no essay. The trick lately has been housing- apartments in a college town are not much cheaper than room and board in a dorm anymore, with lots of BS fees added in.