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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: How College Costs Will Change in 2015 [Watch (HLS stream): How College Costs Will Change in 2015](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Py7AZfG3.m3u8) (2:06)  _Published 2014-12-19. Although college costs are still increasing, they're increasing at a much lower rate than they have in recent years. Interest rates and repayment for federal loans are easier than they once were as well._ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:38 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was easier for her to become a representative than pay off her student loans](/video/BTSUhsw8/) ### Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was easier for her to become a representative than pay off her student loans [College Loan Repayment Plan Options](/video/tC05EyO4/) ### College Loan Repayment Plan Options [Health Care Cost Increases Expected To Accelerate In 2015](/video/KYT0EBCl/) ### Health Care Cost Increases Expected To Accelerate In 2015 --- ## Transcript Well, there's two kinds of college cost. There's the cost that we can call the sticker price, which is the price that the colleges announce every year. And then there's the net cost, which is the cost that most families actually pay because 60 % of students actually get some sort of grant or scholarship that reduces their cost away from the. The sticker cost, you can call it a discount. The cost of attending a public university this year is about 22, 23 thousand dollars, on average. Some states are cheaper, Wyoming. Some states are more expensive, California. The price of attending a public university rose only by about 3 %. This year. Now I know that [ LAUGH ] 3 % is still higher than inflation, but that's, that's actually the lowest increase in about 15 or 20 years. So, that's still a pretty good deal. I think the private schools have finally, are starting to hit the wall in terms of how much they can charge. At the less elite private schools about 90 % of students, on average, get some sort of grant or aid. So, almost nobody's paying those high sticker prices at those kind of schools. Interest rates on the federal loans are quite reasonable and, they're making it much easier to repay them. There's been a program called income- base repayment for a couple of years, but finally the federal government is. Actually promoting it and making it easier to apply. So, now you go to StudentLoans. gov and there's some very nice little tools that you can click on and see what the best repayment option is for you. And you can sign up for income- based repayment also known as pay as you earn. Which allows you to adjust your monthly payment according to what you're earning. So if you lose your job, and you inform, you know, your, your servicer, through the federal government, your payment can be dropped to zero. Which means you don't have to make a payment. It's true that interest will build up, probably, but at least you're not in default. You're not going to be hounded by [ UNKNOWN ] collectors, you know, and so on. So, it's a great system. 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