Children First: Cash for College

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- ABC30 takes an in-depth look astatine the outgo of paying for assemblage and however families tin prevention money.

Margot Kim and Dale Yurong big this half-hour special, which airs connected Sunday, November 17, 2024.

According to the Education Data Initiative, the mean outgo of attendance for a pupil surviving connected field astatine an in-state nationalist four-year instauration is $27,146 per twelvemonth oregon $108,584 implicit 4 years.

Out-of-state students wage $45,708 per twelvemonth oregon $182,832 implicit 4 years.

Stories airing successful this peculiar include:
College Night: Hundreds of southbound vale students are going booth to booth successful Visalia hoping to link with a college. They are uncovering retired what they request to beryllium accepted and however to wage for it.
Trades Day: Local precocious schools are participating successful Trades Day. Students larn antithetic trades, specified arsenic welding, manufacturing and utilizing robots. This vulnerability tin pb to a good-paying vocation without a four-year degree. Some tin get jobs close aft precocious schoolhouse without incurring assemblage costs.
Financial Aid: From grants to loans. What benignant of fiscal assistance is disposable for college? We talked to 2 Fresno State students astir however they are navigating work-study. A fiscal assistance adept with Cal-SOAP talks astir antithetic options.
FAFSA If you privation fiscal aid, you indispensable capable retired the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Learn astir the FAFSA, captious deadlines and a adjuvant checklist earlier you get started.
Dual Enrolment: Students are taking vantage of dual enrollment. Some tin gain their two-year assemblage grade earlier adjacent graduating from precocious school. This saves wealth connected assemblage tuition, and students yet get a caput commencement connected their careers.
Scholarships: According to EducationData.org, each year, determination are much than $24 cardinal successful scholarships disposable to assemblage students. Reporter Brianna Willis shows america section scholarships helping students wage for their education.

Resources

Federal Student Aid
Fresno State CalSOAP (California Student Opportunity and Access Program)
Education Data Initiative