Cost a growing factor in college decisions


A NEW survey of first year United States (US) college students has found that the percentage attending their first-choice school has reached its lowest level in almost four decades.

This comes to light as cost and the availability of financial aid have come to play an influential role in decisions of where to enrol.

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