Comments on: College Tuition Estimator Online Calculator

By: Zagnut99

Zagnut99 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:34:50 +0000

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By: Ironman

Ironman — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:16:13 +0000

JLP – very nice! I’ll very likely be featuring the tools you’ve developed sometime in the very near future at Political Calculations.

Drew – your point about 529 age-based investing is a good one, but the execution of which would require some fairly complicated programming. As an alternative, I would simply recommend using a lower rate of return that might better reflect the average over the whole term of the investment.

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By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 31 May 2006 11:21:48 +0000

question-I have a single 256 account set up that will be drawn on by both children for their educations. They are 5 and 3. So when I put the savings part in, what would you think would be the best way to break up the amount currently in savings? (I assume that I should run the calcualtions separately for each child)

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By: Shelley

Shelley — Mon, 29 May 2006 02:17:41 +0000

I think your college cost estimator is very easy to use. Regarding Drew’s comment on $12,500/year for tuition: you may not have realised that the tuition cost is a field you can change in the calculator to suit your situation. I did, and it worked fine.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 27 May 2006 13:31:20 +0000

I found your College Tuition Estimator to be easy to use and understand. It is a simple calculator that will be convenient to use for making a general estimate of college costs. However, I do think you might want to consider a name change because I believe you are estimating more than just tuition costs. I don’t know of any public universities that charge $12,500/year for tuition. I believe this is an estimate of tuition, room, and board. I have looked at a number of college cost calculators and they all ask for an expected rate of return on your investment. My college investments are in age-based 529 portfolios that invest in more conservative assets as my children age. Does a single estimate of investment return work as well in this situation as providing multiple estimates of return over time?