Podcasts about affording college

With total cost of attendance edging towards $90,000 a year for private universities, Mark and Anna are excited to have financial aid expert and independent educational consultant, Claire Law from Educational Avenues talk about how families can prepare for the financial aid process. From discussing 529s to the difference in financial aid applications, learn how you can have the right conversations with your family around affording college. Claire Law is an independent educational consultant, professional member of IECA, Certified Educational Planner. She helps parents figure out the best educational avenues for their teen children. Claire Law worked in college admissions for ten years and for a SallieMae lender for a short while.

We have our wonderful expert in financial aid, Dino Koff, who is the Director of Financial Aid at Dartmouth College. He will address the critical question of how to afford college! As college cost increases, active research on the different aspects of financial aid is critical as understanding the limits for both colleges and families. In addition, tips will be addressed, and questions will be answered. Families will also learn about some of the changes from the changes on FAFSA, beginning with the 2024-2025 application seasno from the Simplification Act. Learn, listen, and let's move forward and onward TOGETHER!

Welcome back to Powering Your Retirement Radio. Today, we're going to talk about college planning, and I've been looking forward to this show because I get to interview my lifelong friend and college roommate, Dr. Bryon L Grigsby. Bryon happens to be the President of Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bryon is one of the few university presidents that is the President of his Alma Mater. Moravian was founded in 1742. It's the sixth-oldest school in the country. It was the first to educate women, and it has been thriving since Bryon became President in 2013. So with that, I want to welcome President Bryon Grigsby. Bryon, why don't you take a second to tell the listeners a little bit about yourself and Moravian? President Bryon L. Grigsby: Hey, Dan, it's great to be here. Moravian is a unique university. It has about 2,600 students. As Dan said, it's the sixth oldest in the nation. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, College of William and Mary, St. John's Annapolis, and the University of Pennsylvania are the ones that precede us. We were the first school founded to educate women. I've been the President at my Alma Mater for nine years now. I'm in my ninth year. We built a lot of healthcare programs over these past few years. We have multiple doctoral programs, including a doctorate in physical therapy and a doctorate in nursing practice. We have occupational therapy, athletic training, a very vibrant nursing program, and an incredibly vibrant undergraduate liberal arts college.   Affordability of College Average tuition of $54,000, average student pays $26,000.   Value Proposition Apple MacBooks & iPads for every student, small class sizes, full-time faculty, not grad student teachers.   US News & World Reports – College Metrics Ignore the glamour numbers and look at Freshman retention rates and four-year graduation rates.   See the details on the website Blog page or listen to the show today.       Interview Transcript: Dan: Fantastic. Thank you, Bryon. So, as I think we've talked about, but just so you know, a bit of the listener, primarily most of the people listening to the show today, will be in one of two areas. They either work for PG&E, our power company ranging from the guys out in the field to people in the office, doing everything it takes to run a company. The other is Kaiser Permanente, which you're probably familiar with them as a healthcare provider. But, again, most of those people here in Northern California do have some clients in other parts of the country. And what I find is when I'm talking to parents and grandparents, there are similar themes that come up in almost every conversation. So, I want to address a few of those and get your take on what you tell a parent that's about to send their child to Moravian as far as you're concerned about X, and this is what we can do. The first one I think goes without saying for many people is how do I afford college today? You look at the predictions of a newborn baby today, and it's, you might as well take the ride on Elon Musk's rocket and call it a day. And it would be the same as an education, but I know from our own experience at Moravian that it was affordable, and we could get through it. So how do you ease parents' concerns there? President Bryon L. Grigsby: Well, one thing that is a challenge for private schools is that independent schools like Moravian, which are not controlled by the federal government or controlled by state governments, have sticker shock. If you look at Moravian, our sticker shock is $54,000 a year for tuition. The average student pays around $26,000 a year. So that gives you some idea. We have a $150 million endowment that spins off scholarship money. We raise about $6 million a year from alumni like you and me that pay it forward. And that offsets the next generation. You'll find that many students who apply to these independent colleges will pay less than tuition at a public university. And they're getting a lot more for that. They're getting a lot more in smaller classes, not being taught by graduate assistants but by full-time faculty. So, I would encourage everybody to apply to the institutions that they want to apply to and see what their tuition will be. Please don't assume that the sticker price they see is what they're going to pay because they're going to pay less than that sticker price at almost every independent college and university in the nation.   Dan: Fantastic. That's, uh, it's good advice. And most people do know how to ask for a bargain. President Bryon L. Grigsby: And the public universities do not do discounting in any significant way. So, their sticker price is most likely their sticker price, unless you're in an honors college or something else because they operate by state government regulations. The independents are just that independent, so they can raise money from their alums and redirect it as the alumni dictated to offset costs.   Dan: Okay, I don't have kids in schools in California, but I know Berkeley and Chico, and a lot of the schools that are state schools here are impacted where, you know, if you don't have over a four-point O, you don't have a shot at getting in. So talk to me a bit about when you're looking at a school and use a term earlier value proposition. When you're looking at a school other than obviously the name, the mascot, the sports teams, all the things that people think about for college, what should a parent, even a student, be thinking about? President Bryon L. Grigsby: I think you want to think about what value add any institution is giving you. For example, at Moravian University, we pride ourselves on leveling the playing field and ensuring everybody has technology skills by the time they graduate. We provide every student with a Mac book and an iPad. That's a value proposition that you don't see at many institutions. There are only 16 apple distinguished college campuses. Moravian happens to be one of them in the nation, small classrooms. I talked about this in the last set of comments. You are paying for a faculty member to be at your child's side, working on the skills that will make them successful in life. That's what your dollars are paying for. Do you want to have that in a classroom of 450 students? Or do you want to have that in a classroom of 10? Which one will give you the most significant value add of small colleges and universities like Moravian? They don't have a lot of dollars for marketing. They don't get on national football channels and get to get their brand out there. But from a value-add standpoint, you're getting more time with a professor with a Ph.D. in that area working on your child's skills than any state university with a Division One football program. Dan: Now, I know we've talked about this in the past, not on this show, but just in general, I had come across a podcast that was talking about the US News and World Report. You know, where some of the schools ranked some of the historically black colleges ranked lower, but the studies said, if we gave them a new dorm and a football team and few other advantages, they'd be in the top 10. As lovely as that sounds, one university president of a university will go unnamed because it might be in the same region as Moravian. Still, that school's President was giving out hot sauce to everybody to help increase name recognition. So what kind of metrics should somebody be looking at other than the ones that all the high school seniors look at the top party schools and all of that? What should we be looking at? President Bryon L. Grigsby: Yeah, I would stay away from the US news and world report rankings. We call the beauty school rankings college presidents have to say whether they like all the other colleges are not like them or recognize them. And they weigh that pretty heavily in the US news world report. Here are the measures. And you can find these measures out on any website colleges publish them all the time. I would look for a retention rate of first-year students. Moravian's retention rate is 83%. That means that 83% of our students choose to stay with us into their sophomore year. Uh, we have a 70% four-year graduation rate. Most public universities don't get up to 70% until six years. So that's two more years of tuition and two fewer years of your child working in the workforce. So, there's an advantage to how quickly does the school graduate? The students once they enter the doors? The last thing I would look at is the statistic on how six months after graduation, how many employed students are in graduate school. A Moravian is 98% of our students are employed or in graduate school six months after graduation. You want something as high as that because you're getting the greatest value for your money. Dan: Fantastic. Every parent's dream is to have a kid with a job six months after graduating from college and maybe not living in the basement. It depends on where they are in the country. Quite a few people moved back with mom and dad during the pandemic. So, I think that's an excellent place to wrap up for today. We're going to continue this interview in our next show as well. So, we're going to break it up into two. As you know, on the website, you can go to PoweringYourRetirementRadio.com and use the ask a question button. What I'll do is if you have questions from either listening to this show or the next one, if you drop comments in there, if we're overwhelmed, maybe we can convince Bryon to come back for a third episode, but I can also work with him to get some answers. Suppose people have specific questions about that. So that's going to do it for this week's show until our next episode. Stay safe. And we'll talk to you soon.   For more information, visit the Podcast Episode page here: https://poweringyourretirement.com/2021/11/19/affording-college/

Whether your kids have post-secondary education in their future or you want to help your grandkids. Bruce and Peg tell you what you need to know about affording it.

Where will the money to pay for college come from? Some parents were able to sock away enough money from the time their children were very young to be able to draw on that account now, and fully fund college, but many families just didn't manage to do that. In fact, about half fall into that second category. So when it comes time to talk about the college option, there's usually plenty of anxiety and even more than a little panic to go around. I'm fond of saying where there's a will there's a way, and that formula works here too. In this episode, we jump in and sort out the big questions about college finance.

Where will the money to pay for college come from. Some parents were able to sock away enough money from the time their children were very young to be able to draw on that account now, and fully fund college, but many families just didn’t manage to do that. In fact, about half fall into that second category. So when it comes time to talk about the college option, there’s usually plenty of anxiety and even more than a little panic to go around. I’m fond of saying where there’s will there’s a way, and that formula works here too. In this episode, we jump in and sort out the big questions about college finance.

Where do we set the boundaries between our life as constantly growing people and the rush to become mature, responsible adults? The endless pressure to exceed all expectations in high school can be extremely overbearing and sometimes consume a person's life. Listen as Sarah Mian, Emeline Lee, Bohmi Yoon, Elizabeth Gonzalez, and Lauren Pun help me unearth the ins and outs of being an isolated, confused teenager.

Where will the money to pay for college come from. Some parents were able to sock away enough money from the time their children were very young to be able to draw on that account now, and fully fund college, but many families just didn’t manage to do that. In fact, about half fall into that second category. So when it comes time to talk about the college option, there’s usually plenty of anxiety and even more than a little panic to go around. I’m fond of saying where there’s will there’s a way, and that formula works here too. In this episode, we jump in and sort out the big questions about college finance.

Are you confused and overwhelmed about the whole financial aid process? Not sure where to start or who to ask for help? Cole and EJ continue the talk about scholarships & affording college, as well as the financial aid process. They are joined by Kendra Feigert (Director of Financial Aid at Lebanon Valley College) to help answer some questions, and offer advice, related to navigating the financial aid process. Tune in to hear Cole and EJ interview Kendra about where to start, what to do, differences in financial aid, loans, deadlines, any many other things. You don't want to miss out on Kendra's expertise in this episode. Additional Resources studentaid.gov LVC merit scholarship calculator www.FAFSA.gov www.fastweb.com https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/merit-based Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review this podcast for a chance to win an LVC t-shirt! If you have any questions, please email us at admission@lvc.edu with the subject “podcast questions”.

In this episode, Cole and EJ discuss one of the biggest questions/concerns that get asked when attending college comes up……how do I pay for college?! The guys dive into explaining scholarships and financial aid, the differences between the two, grants, how you go about to pursue scholarships, and many more things. They offer tips and advice for what to do, and where you can find more FREE money online through different scholarship websites. Don't forget to rate and review us for a chance to win an LVC t-shirt! If you have any questions, please email us at admission@lvc.edu with the subject “podcast questions”. Additional Resources LVC merit scholarship calculator www.FAFSA.gov www.fastweb.com https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/merit-based

Paying for college is a patchwork quilt – you have to cover the costs by sewing several sources of financial support together. Learn about what options are available for your family to help your college-bound teenager afford a path to their brightest future. Financial Expert Raymond VanBuskirk talks with Dr. Beth Dennard about affording college with scholarships and financial aid. Access show notes at brightfuturesllc.com/ep003.

88.8 percent of Davis High's Class of 2019 reported that they would be attending a two-year or four-year college after graduation. With the price of higher education increasing every year, Davis High students explore many avenues to make college more affordable, including going the community college route and/or applying for scholarships. Packages by: Wentao Chen, Eduardo Pulino, Bryce Barker, Eitan Rosenhiem.

88.8 percent of Davis High’s Class of 2019 reported that they would be attending a two-year or four-year college after graduation. With the price of higher education increasing every year, Davis High students explore many avenues to make college more affordable, including going the community college route and/or applying for scholarships. Packages by: Wentao Chen, […]

In this episode of Arkansas Catholic Asks, Aprille Hanson of Arkansas Catholic talks with DACA recipient Kevin Azanza, 21, about his work with Act 844, which allowed DACA recipients to pay in-state tuition rates at state or public colleges and universities. With a double major in communications and political science at the University of Arkansas, he shared his views on pressing legislative issues surrounding immigration in Part 2 of our three-part series on immigration in Arkansas. What’s next? Subscribe to this podcast to get updates when the next episode is available. Message us at mhargett@dolr.org to suggest a topic you'd like to hear about.

Episode 20 was our most listened to yet! Lets see if James Mayer and Bryce Heinbaugh can continue the momentum! This Saturday is the Financial Fitness Fair at Kent State Ashtabula. Sessions at this year’s Financial Fitness Fair will include: Budgeting & Debt Management, Social Security & Taxes, A Conversation on Addiction; The Financial and Emotional Costs, Understanding Your 401(k) Plan, Tax Law Changes and Implications, Retirement Strategies for Women, The State of the Economy & Markets, Medicare, Affording College and Student Loans, Predatory Lending, & Financial Fraud, and Getting Hired & Getting Promoted. Andrew and Angel are both off this week so two regulars take over the studio. Trevor Sprague and Greg Church hold down the fort and get froggy. You aren't going to want to miss it!

Aaron Greene is the founder and CEO of College Liftoff. Alex, his wife, is the marketing director. They have a podcast called Affording College with Aaron Greene. The podcast is utilizing their expertise in college planning. And what is interesting about the podcast and their industry, which is very, very young, is how they explain to their listeners that they have a problem that they need to address when they start preparing their students to go to college, financially. Basically, right now we're looking at $1.3 trillion debt in college loans. And with their podcast, they're looking to address this situation to help families get away from walking out of the four year, the six year, or the eight year college ride with as little a debt as possible. Utilizing available scholarships, picking the best college that they should be picking for their student, all mixed in with trying to figure out how much information should they give away during each podcast. It's tricky. But I think a lot of businesses do encounter this when they start to create a podcast that shows off their expertise in their field. How much information do you give away? And I think they do a great job of explaining their process and their mindset of what they do with the podcast. Hope you enjoy and thanks for taking notes with me. Recorded in Studio C at the 511 Studios in the Brewery District, downtown Columbus, OH. Brett Johnson is the owner and lead consultant at Circle270Media Podcast Consultants. With over 35+ years of experience in Marketing, Content Creation, Audio Production/Recording and Broadcasting, the podcast consultants at Circle270Media strategically bring these strengths together for their business Podcast clients. Subscribe to my free daily Open The Mic Newsletter at http://www.circle270media.com (www.circle270media.com). It's chock full of podcast news you may have missed, as well as social media, sales, and audio production tips, and insights on how to grow your business podcast. If your business is using podcasting as a marketing or branding tool, I would love to showcase your podcast. Go to http://www.notetofutureme.com (www.notetofutureme.com) and scroll down to my booking calendar. Email us at podcasts@circle270media.com to set up time to talk more about your new or established business podcast. A full transcription of this podcast is available on both - http://www.circle270media.com (www.circle270media.com) http://www.notetofutureme.com (www.notetofutureme.com) Me - Brett Johnson LinkedIn - bretthjohnson FB - circle270media Twitter - circle270media

It’s that time of year again – graduation is upon us and college is looming into the future.  In this replay of the Best of Homeschooling IRL, listen in as Fletch and Kendra interview Jean Burke of College Prep Genius with tips for affording college. —- When our students hope to go to college, the […] The post Best of Homschooling IRL: Affording College appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

Rapidly rising college expenses have parents, guardians and aspiring students struggling to make college a reality! Is a college education really within the grasp of everyone who wants to attend? What can be done in advance to make college more of a certain reality once a child is ready for it? Host Jordan Goodman talks with financial planner Megan Gorman about college and college planning. Gorman and Goodman discuss 529 plans and their role in covering college costs and the new role of 529 plans paying for K-12 private schooling.

Rapidly rising college expenses have parents, guardians and aspiring students struggling to make college a reality! Is a college education really within the grasp of everyone who wants to attend? What can be done in advance to make college more of a certain reality once a child is ready for it? Host Jordan Goodman talks with financial planner Megan Gorman about college and college planning. Gorman and Goodman discuss 529 plans and their role in covering college costs and the new role of 529 plans paying for K-12 private schooling.

We talk with Aaron Greene, Founder and College Planning Advisor at College Liftoff. College Liftoff helps students and families reduce the cost of higher education, navigate the application process, and make well-rounded decisions by evaluating the modern metrics of education.Aaron is also the host of his own podcast, Affording College with Aaron Greene, available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. http://www.subsribeonandroid.comhttp://www.collegeliftoff.comhttp://facebook.com/collegeliftoffhttp://youtube.com/collegeliftoffhttps://twitter.com/collegeliftoffHELP US SPREAD THE WORD!We'd love it if you could please share this podcast with your social media friends! If you liked this episode, please leave us a rating and a review in iTunes. Here's how - http://pleasereviewmypodcast.com/todayshealthContact us at bjohnson@nabco-inc.com

We talk with Aaron Greene, Founder and College Planning Advisor at College Liftoff. College Liftoff helps students and families reduce the cost of higher education, navigate the application process, and make well-rounded decisions by evaluating the modern metrics of education.Aaron is also the host of his own podcast, Affording College with Aaron Greene, available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast player. http://www.subsribeonandroid.comhttp://www.collegeliftoff.comhttp://facebook.com/collegeliftoffhttp://youtube.com/collegeliftoffhttps://twitter.com/collegeliftoffHELP US SPREAD THE WORD!We'd love it if you could please share this podcast with your social media friends! If you liked this episode, please leave us a rating and a review in iTunes. Here's how - http://pleasereviewmypodcast.com/todayshealthContact us at bjohnson@nabco-inc.com

Each month we preview what articles you will find in Central Ohio Health and Wellness Magazine, and on Today's Health webpages.1:03 - AAA Travel and winter travel tips, on the road and in the air5:25 - Elite1Fitness and our food quiz39:45 - Affording College with Aaron Greene Podcast - Aaron goes over some simple tips to avoid the stresses that come with finding the right college58:12 - Articles you will find this month online and in print1:01:00 - February is Pet Dental Health Month - here is a video to help you brush your pet's teeth https://youtu.be/wB3GIAgrTPEA big thanks to our guests Trevor and Trevor from Elite1Fitness. http://www.e1fitness.comFacebook - /EliteOneFitnesshttp://ohiohealthandwellness.com/http://www.wmni.comhttp://www.1039jackfm.comhttp://www.theblitz.comPodcast idea - email us at bjohnson@nabco-inc.comLike to sponsor a part or all of our podcast - email us at bjohnson@nabco-inc.com

Each month we preview what articles you will find in Central Ohio Health and Wellness Magazine, and on Today's Health webpages.1:03 - AAA Travel and winter travel tips, on the road and in the air5:25 - Elite1Fitness and our food quiz39:45 - Affording College with Aaron Greene Podcast - Aaron goes over some simple tips to avoid the stresses that come with finding the right college58:12 - Articles you will find this month online and in print1:01:00 - February is Pet Dental Health Month - here is a video to help you brush your pet's teeth https://youtu.be/wB3GIAgrTPEA big thanks to our guests Trevor and Trevor from Elite1Fitness. http://www.e1fitness.comFacebook - /EliteOneFitnesshttp://ohiohealthandwellness.com/http://www.wmni.comhttp://www.1039jackfm.comhttp://www.theblitz.comPodcast idea - email us at bjohnson@nabco-inc.comLike to sponsor a part or all of our podcast - email us at bjohnson@nabco-inc.com

When our students hope to go to college, the perennial question remains: how in the world will they pay for it? We decided to return to the topic of affording college with College Prep Genius Jean Burk because we know she has valuable information to share. We think you’ll be encouraged and feel equipped as you help your college-bound […] The post Affording College – HIRL Episode 126 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

Part two of our series on financial fear, Affording College hits the topics we’re all nervous about if we have a student who is eyeing a college career: How do we help them pay for four years of schooling? What things can we do to assist with the application process? And finally, should every kid […] The post Affording College – HIRL Episode 98 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

If you are thinking about going to grad school… or have children heading off to college soon, you’re probably wondering 'How the heck can I afford it? How do I plan for it?’ The cost of higher education in the US has skyrocketed more than 500% over the past 30 years, all while salaries and labor market have stagnated. Today’s guest, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, who is the CEO of TheMoneyCoach.net and a New York Times bestselling author of “College Secrets: How to Save Money, Cut College Cost, Graduate Debt Free” is here with us today to dispel misconceptions about college and give important advice on how to make school affordable for you or your child and family. Before launching TheMoneyCoach.net in 2003, Lynnette worked for nearly a decade as a Dow Jones Newswire reporter and a Wall Street Journal reporter for CNBC, where she covered business and personal finance news. Three takeaways from our interview: -- 5 financial options you should consider before applying for student loans -- What criteria determine the “best” school for you. (Hint: It’s not about the brand name.) -- #1 financial habit that makes a huge difference in Lynnette’s marriage