20% discount off the list price of college tuition

[MIch elle]

I read awhile ago in the NYT or Boston Globe (can't remember which) that you should expect a 20% discount off the published tuition price of any private college/university. This was an average discount that a family should expect.

 

What do you think of this? Did you find this to be true?

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/education/12tuition.html

http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/college-solution/college-tuition-schools-cutting-prices-at-historic-levels/1905/

Edited April 24, 2010 by MIch elle
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