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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Hidden Tuition: An Insider's Guide to College Pricing and Financial Aid

Hidden Tuition: An Insider's Guide to College Pricing and Financial Aid

Levine, Phillip B.

Hardcover

Business GeneralGeneral Education

Publisher Price: $22.50

ISBN10: 0226841537
ISBN13: 9780226841533
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Sep 25 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.74 Depth: 8.66
Language: English

The secret economics of maximizing college financial aid (and why it's not as miserable as you think).

In the college admissions process, a terrifying unknown looms large: How much is this really going to cost? For prospective students and their families, there's no easy answer. While college prices continue to rise, so do their promises of financial aid for qualified students. But who qualifies? And for how much? How can this monumental life decision be so utterly impossible to understand?

Hidden Tuition is an insider's guide for navigating college financial aid to maximum effect and with (relatively) minimal pain. Economist and financial-aid expert Phillip B. Levine draws on his unique experience--including years of research in higher-education finance and work alongside admissions and financial-aid departments--to help readers first identify, then minimize, what they'll actually pay for different types of colleges based on their circumstances. With expertise, clarity, and the warmth of someone who's been through it, Levine details how students can find the hidden tuition costs in the opaque landscape of college pricing and financial aid. He explores topics that include:

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