Across Vermont, college acceptance letters are piling up on kitchen tables, with seniors and their parents weighing their options about this big decision. But for many families, the quality of the school and its personal fit for the student is only part of the equation: how much college will cost and which school can offer a better financial aid package is the critical question.
Don Vickers is director of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation. Karen Gross, president of Southern Vermont College. They speak with VPR’s Jane Lindholm about what families need to consider in their plan to pay that tuition bill and the market implications for private college loans.