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Colleges Provide Misleading Information About Their Costs

‘You shouldn’t need an advanced degree in higher education policy to understand the basics of what’s best for you’

Photo: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Jon Marcus
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Mon, 04/13/2020 - 12:01
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Want to find out how much it will cost to go to Arkansas Northeastern College? The federal government has a website that promises you can “Calculate your personal net price.” But clicking on that link brings you to the college’s own home page with a fun photo of its cuddly mascot and no immediate sign of anything about cost. Howard University? The link from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard takes you to a primer about how financial aid works. For the University of St. Francis in Illinois, it lands on “page can’t be found.”

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