Education After High School
The number of states in the U.S. that have at least one college.
What is 50?
A special savings account that can be used for any education after high school.
What is a 529 plan?
This word describes the subject you plan to study in college.
What is a major?
Average annual tuition and fees for community colleges in Iowa for students from Iowa (before financial aid).
What is $6,000?
The type of first degree that can be earned at a four-year college, but you don’t have to be single to get one.
What is a bachelor’s degree?
The cost of borrowing a loan that is added to each loan payment.
What is interest?
This is the name given to the buildings where college students live.
What are dorms?
Average annual tuition and fees for public four-year university in Iowa for students from Iowa (before financial aid).
What is $10,000?
Some students serve their country after high school by signing up for this branch of the military that is known for flying airplanes.
What is the Air Force?
Two types of money students use to pay for college that don't have to be paid back.
What are scholarships and grants?
Money you may receive from the government to help you pay for college.
What is financial aid?
Average annual tuition and fees for private four-year university in Iowa for any student (before financial aid).
What is $35,000?
A student can earn a degree or certificate in two years or less at this type of college.
What is a community college?
The type of student loan that students should always take out before looking at any other type of loan.
What is a federal student loan (or Direct Loan)?
A form filled out when trying to get accepted into a college.
What is an application?
The name given to the out-of-pocket cost of a college after financial aid lowers the total cost.
What is net cost?
A program where you work a job in a skilled trade, such as an electrician, while training to earn your required certification for the job.
What is an apprenticeship?
Students should never borrow more than this amount for college expenses.
What is their expected first-year salary?
This name is given to a school that offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
What is a university?
Average annual amount of financial aid per undergraduate student, including grants, federal loans, work-study and tax credits.
What is $16,000?