Most Families Don’t Plan Ahead For College Costs, Study Finds

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Not thinking ahead about college costs could mean your child has to take out more student loans. Only two in five families, or 39%, had a plan for how to afford all two or four years of college, according to a new Sallie Mae report, “How America Pays for College 2016.” Students whose families had a plan borrowed one-third less in student loans than students whose families didn’t.Read more on NewsOK.com

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Most Families Don’t Plan Ahead For College Costs, Study Finds

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