Colleges That Pay You Back The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck - College Admissions Guides

Sending a student to college is a major financial investment, and as the price tag per diploma goes up (averaging $41k for a year at a private college in 2015!), parents and students are increasingly focused on making sure that their money is well spent. In this updated edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Best Value Colleges and What It Takes to Get In, the experts at The Princeton Review select and profile 200 colleges that give you the best bang for your buck: reasonable tuition and/or fantastic financial aid opportunities, academic excellence, and a great learning environment. For example, a year of tuition at Swarthmore College is over $45,000, but the school is a great value because students receive not only a top-quality education but also an average financial aid award of over $40,000. Colleges That Pay You Back is a resource that families can't afford to miss in this economic climate!