Many traditional college students will qualify for their parent's health insurance plan. But if your parent’s insurance doesn’t cover you, you’ll need to budget for a low-cost plan.

For the 2024-2025 academic year, a college student with a moderate budget should anticipate spending $26,400 to cover nine months of living expenses while attending school, or about $2,900 a month ...

Student loans get so much press for making life hell, it’s easy to overlook the challenge of paying for the everyday living expenses that most college kids are facing for the first time.In fact ...

Know your cash flow. People who budget typically do it monthly, but it makes more sense for students to build a spending plan around each academic period. First, tally up the money you expect to ...

If you plan to take public transportation, make sure you budget for it. “For full-time students (in New York City), a MetroCard will usually cost more than $1,000 each school year,” said ...

Here are some additional tips for college students on a budget: If you have a meal plan, make the most of it. A wide variety of affordable and healthy meal plans are available for college students.

Monthly payments could drop, but most borrowers will pay more in interest over time. What to expect now that President ...

Avoid Credit Card Debt. When I graduated college in the early 2000s, I had around $35,000 in student loan debt. I went to a prestigious private university with some grants and scholarships but ...

The budget would freeze the maximum Pell Grant award, which is need-based and helps low-income students attend college, at its current level of $5,920 per year for the next 10 years, according to ...

・Loans $50,000 to $100,000: 20 Years ・Loans Over $100,000: 25 Years Current IDR plan borrowers (including those in the SAVE forbearance) would move into the amended IBR plan, which is based on ...

Money concerns are a major stressor for many college students. A 2024 study by Ellucian, an higher education technology solutions provider, found that nearly 80% of undergrads report that financial… ...