College need not break the bank
“At the Corner of Hope and Worry” was a headline in The New York Times that caught my attention. I thought it an apt description of where many of us have stood during life transitions.
It also describes a place where many parents find themselves when considering a college education for their children. Higher education during a stressful economy may seem like the impossible dream.
However, in the last few weeks, I've heard two Oklahoma colleges referred to as places where a student can graduate with very little debt and sometimes debt-free.
Liberal arts
One is the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha.
I was on that campus in 1956, as a high school delegate to Girls State. It was then the Oklahoma College for Women. Today it is a public liberal arts college serving both men and women.
My friend Dr. Mari Fagin is a former faculty member of USAO. She tells me USAO is listed in Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine as one of its “100 Best Values in Public Colleges” in America for 2012 and that USAO alone is mentioned by Kiplinger as a “steal” for combining reasonable cost with academic excellence.
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