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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is OP like some grandma who graduated college in 1975? What job can a 20 year old get that can pay your way through college at any of the colleges that aren't laughed about on this forum?

Maybe you can get through NOVA or Montgomery College working yourself, over like 5 years, but any of these aspirational colleges have been beyond the reach of "work your way through" for decades.[/quote]

One kid attended a college ranked in the 80s that was only $35K to us (graduated 3 years ago) after merit.  Same kid could have attended our state U at that point for ~$20-22K per year.

My current senior in college had several offers for schools in the 40-65 range that were only $40-45K/year after merit.  Had they been actually searching, could have found several in the T100 for under 40K.  Top 2 instate schools would have cost only $20-25K.

Given that min wage is over $15/hr in our state (and over $20 in our region),  my kids can earn $10-15K/year with summers, breaks and a 10-12 hour PT job during the school year.  Add in the ~$5K in fed loans and they both could have almost paid for the instate schools themselves.  That's without searching for any merit.  Had they tried, they could have found decent places for much less
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