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Average Private College Costs Top $30,000

NPR

Published October 25, 2006 at 4:00 AM MDT

The non-profit College Board reports that the average annual cost of a four-year private college is now above $30,000.

Sending a student off to a year at a public school now costs, on average, nearly $12,800.