college

My son is supposed to visit two college campuses for an assignment in high school. I needed to take my mom to Spokane, so he and I dropped her off and visited Eastern Washington University in Cheney. I'd never been to a college campus other than CBC. And now I'm scared.

After getting their diplomas, a lot of college graduates decide to head to the big city to try and make it big. The question that arises, though, is which city is the right one?

It is a given that college graduates make more money. In fact, according to a new OECD study the average college graduate in America earns over $20,000 a year more than their counterparts without a degree, making the United States one of the best countries in the world to have completed college. But it turns out there are even more benefits to college.

Two of America’s most prestigious universities are doing something that any other private university would consider a sign of clinical insanity. They are offering education, knowledge and enlightenment for free.

The NCAA basketball tournament is wide-open in a way that no other major American sporting event is, hence its nickname “March Madness.” But if you were to single out the other distinguishing characteristics of the tourney, they would be the brackets that everyone is so fond of filling out and the fact that a good chunk of the games take place when folks are supposed to be at work.

Forbes, along with the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, tallied up the cost of tuition, books, transportation, computers, and room and board to determine the new list of America’s most expensive colleges. And some of them may surprise you.