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10 Tips to Help You Pay for College

Jose Velez/Money Magazine

Now that your college student has set up house at the college dorm, you may be breathing a sigh of relief. Or not. How do you now pay for the hefty college tuition bill? At today’s prices, it’s not hard to pay in the range of a brand new luxury car each and every year for four (or, more likely, five) years. You may be all set (but most of my parent clients are not). You’ve looked into scholarships, funded (and more likely not) the 529 Savings Plan, applied for loans. But now what do you do to really pay the bill. Here are 10 tips to help pay for college from a recent Money Magazine article where College Cash Pro spoke at length about cash flow strategies.