College tuition and expenses are one of the biggest financial burdens for students and parents.

In the US, college tuition planning involves understanding the costs of higher education, exploring various funding options like savings plans , and financial aid, and creating a budget to manage expenses, potentially including payment plans or loans.

While tuition payment plans are generally marketed as alternatives to loans, many tuition payment plans should be understood as a type of loan. Typically, these plans allow students to spread the cost of tuition and other educational expenses across several payments over the course of a single semester or term.

US College Statistics and Student Loan.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a whopping 18.6 million students were enrolled at U.S. colleges in fall 2022.

15. million Undergraduate students and 3.2 Million graduates students enrolled in 2022.

  • Americans owe over $1.77 trillion in student loan
  • Spread out among about 45.3 million borrowers.
  • About $800 billion more than the total U.S. credit card debt
  • Under U.S. bankruptcy law, student loans are significantly harder to get discharged than other types of unsecured debt

7702 College Savings Plan (IUL)

  • Named after the section of the tax code, 7702 IUL can be used for the education 7702 contributions are not tax deductible, will not be taxed when the money is taken out to pay for college.
  • Any withdrawal is NOT subject to income taxes.
  • IUL has down market protection and it does not go down when the market goes down.
  • It is like Swiss Army Knife as it has multiple uses.

College Expenses and Aid

College expenses include Room and board, books, and fees

  • Many schools take into account your expected family contribution (EFC)**—a formula used to calculate federal financial aid when determining your tuition bill.
  • Before each year of college, apply for federal grants, work-study, and loans with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form. Your college uses your FAFSA data to determine your federal aid eligibility. Many states and colleges use FAFSA data to award their own aid.
  • Average Total Cost of Public Colleges: $28,290 (in-state) $41,940 (out-of-state); Average Total Cost of Private Colleges: $50,900 to $80,000

Courtesy

https://educationdata.org/financial-aid-statistics
https://www.valuepenguin.com/student-loans/average-cost-of-college
Vanguard college savings planner (wealthmsi.com)

With IUL you can also use it to pay the Kids tuition fees. No need to mention that you have the IUL policy for the College education when you are filling in the college application for your kids, whereas if you have the 529 plans you must mention during the application to the college that you have the funds for the college expenses. We can provide the IUL to take care of the Tuition fees. Even Juvenile policies could be purchased and could be used for the college expenses when the kids reach the age of 18 and start going to college. It all depends on how they are structured.

Use the link below to find out how much is needed for the college expenses
https://vanguardcollege.ssnc.cloud/csp.php

FAQs

Most undergraduate students need to study for four years to get a undergraduate degree. American universities differentiate between in state and out-of-state students when calculating tuition fees. A typical four-year public college charged in-state students approximately $10,800 per year while out-of-state students were approximately charged $27,456.

It ranges from $50,000 to $85,000 per year.

Students can get Merit-Scholarships, they can also get the federal(government) loans, private loans from banks, credit unions and other lenders. It is a good idea to research as much as possible to get the good loans at very low interest loans.

  • Harvard University (Massachusetts)
  • Yale University (Connecticut)
  • Princeton University (New Jersey)
  • Columbia University (New York)
  • Brown University (Rhode Island)
  • Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)
  • University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)
  • Cornell University (New York)

  • University of Pennsylvania: $92,288
  • Cornell University: $92,150
  • Brown University: $91,676
  • Dartmouth College: $91,312
  • Yale University: $90,975
  • Columbia University: $89,587
  • Princeton University: $86,700
  • Harvard University: $82,866