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More in Rappk. Co.
Are College-Bound
In Rappahannock County, the proportion of young people who will be going to college, when classes resume in September, will be greater than ever.
And, at the same time, as the parents of these college-bound youngsters are discovering, tuition costs will be at an all-time high.
On the basis of local enrollments and the new schedules of rates - for tuition, fees, room, board and incidentals - the parents of these students will be shouldering a $336,000 load for the coming academic year, it is estimated.
The Institute of Life Insurance finds that the cost of sending children to college for four years could amount, for some families, to the biggest expenditure of their lives.
The total could very likely add up to more than they invested in their homes.
This is particularly so in Rappahannock County families that have two or more youngsters to put through college.
Facts and figures on college costs and enrollments have become available through surveys made by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the United States Chamber of Commerce and others.
They show that no less than 7,000,000 Americans will be attending college this year, as against 2,935,000 in 1960.
Of this total, Rappahannock County will be supplying approximately 120. In 1960 the number from the local area was about 70.
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