Paying for college and family life.

“Jen over at Et tu?” and Danielle Bean had some great discussions going about giving a college education to our children and how that affects being open to more children in the family.

I think there has to be some more ways to fund a college education than going into tremendous debt and I think Catholic families and probably quiverful families will continue to find more and more creative ways to achieve their educational goals without a lot of debt.

With that in mind, I found this article by Matthew and David Bass, two homeschooled college graduates to be very interesting!

Speaking for my brother and I, it has definitely been worth it. By pursuing degrees via distance education, we’ve received the same education at much less expense. We’ve avoided the costs of room and board, transportation, parking permits, etc. We’ve earned money while going to college. I graduated 100% debt free and David is on track to do the same.

The Debt Free College Guide

Be a Debt-Free College Student

College Scholarships

Advanced placement.

More scholarships

Some interesting corporate sponsored scholarships.

CLEP

Special state programs like Postsecondary in Ohio.

Books on the topic I’d like to check out:
The Debt-Free Graduate: How to Survive College Without Going Broke

Debt-Free College

202 High Paying Jobs You Can Land Without a College Degree (202 High-Paying Jobs You Can Land Without a College Degree)

Conquer the Cost of College: Strategies for Financial Aid (Straight Talk on Paying for College)

This article in the New York Times (requires registration)

But what is truly different about Hard Work U.(College of the Ozarks Point Lookout MO) — as the college styles itself — is that all 1,345 students must work 15 hours per week to pay off the entire cost of tuition — $15,900 per year. If they work summers, as one-third are doing this summer, they pay off their $4,400 room and board as well. Work study is not an option as it is at most campuses; it is the college’s raison d’être.

This is a college that is philosophically opposed to students starting careers with an Ozark mountain of debt — 95 percent graduate debt free — and it believes that students who put sweat equity into their education value it more.