{"id":6240,"date":"2012-04-11T15:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T19:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2012-04-11T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T19:14:49","slug":"new-website-explains-just-how-much-that-college-diploma-will-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/04\/11\/new-website-explains-just-how-much-that-college-diploma-will-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"New Website Explains Just How Much That College Diploma Will Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graduation day at Northwest Florida State College.<\/p><\/div>\n

So you’ve got a list of colleges offering scholarships, grants and all kinds of other perks and you’re trying to figure out the best deal?<\/p>\n

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau<\/a> has set up a new website <\/a>to help college-bound students and their parents estimate just how much that degree will cost — and how much debt will remain when classes are finished.<\/p>\n

The site also gives you an estimate how long it will take to pay off that debt based on the average starting salary for U.S. college graduates ($617 per month for 10 years!).<\/p>\n

The average student attending the University of Florida, for instance, could expect a roughly $10,500 bill<\/a> for tuition, room and board, books and supplies and other expenses after grants and scholarships are applied to a total cost of $19,257.<\/p>\n

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University of South Florida students would face a similar bill.<\/p>\n

The average University of Miami student receives almost $30,000 in grants and scholarships, but that still faces a bill of $27,216 for all expenses. The U’s net cost is slightly higher than the national average for private universities.<\/p>\n

The net bill at most of Florida’s public universities is two-thirds the national average (due in part to more grant and scholarship money) — one reason why university heads are pushing to raise tuition to the national average to help plug budget holes.<\/p>\n

The website uses U.S. Department of Education data.<\/p>\n

You can compare and contrast college choices here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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