The projected cost of attending a public college for one year now equals the cost of buying a new car. If you want to attend a private college, double that amount. And don't forget to multiply your total by four for the grand total. Can anyone afford to send a student to college without going into grand debt? Yes, says Gordon Wadsworth, a financial advisor on finding a college education. He points out strategies and resources to help students (and their parents) pay for the high cost of college whether the students enter this year of fifteen years from now. With fourteen appendices containing financial charts, finding resources, savings strategies, and even a sample budget for students to use during their college years, here's a tool that studends and parents will find as helpful as any college catalog.

Author Biography

GORDON WADSWORTH is President of Financial Aid Information Services, which helps families with budgeting and credit reduction strategies. After studying advertising and journalism at the University of Iowa and spending two years as a writer and photographer in the military, Gordon returned to college and graduated from San Jose State University. An accomplished speaker, he has addressed thousands of people facing financial challenges, including parents planning for their students' college finances. He is a licensed minister and has also spent nearly 20 years working with prison inmates in both state and federal institutions. Gordon is author of Cost Effective College and The College Trap.