Title: Identify ways to make the cost of postsecondary education affordable.
Course: Economics and Personal Finance (19262-I) > Section: Financing Education after High School

Identification should include

- identifying the costs and benefits of postsecondary education
- setting a budget for postsecondary education
- describing appropriate income levels needed to support student loan borrowing
- researching all schools that may meet a student’s academic and financial needs
- attending a two-year institution, then transferring to a four-year institution
- identifying courses in high school that can be used to “test out” of college-level courses
- seeking tuition discounts (e.g., parent went to the school, a sibling attends the school)
- reducing housing costs
- working part time to pay for school
- buying used books or renting books
- identifying tax credits.