Show Big Sig College Bills 1 Confront SPECIAL TO CLIPPER Davis County parents who bound children have ha college college bound are in a squeeze this year THEY TilEY ARE caught between a rise in college costs a tight money y situation that makes it difficult to borrow from Crom banks and a cut back in m loans to needy students And for those families that have two or more youngsters youngsters youngsters young young- going to college atthe at atthe atthe the same time the financial problem is that much more 1 acute TIlE TIE BILL that local families families fam fam- flies will be faced with this year ear for tuition fees room and board will amount to approximately itis it itis is estimated That is considerably considerably cont con con- t more than it was wasa 1 a year ear ago The facts and figures on college costs and enrollments are based upon reports from the U U. U S S. S Office of Education the Census Bureau and others THROUGHOUT the country coun coun- U try they show the number of college enrollments has been rising steadily year after year Last fall the total was a two percent peri per per- i cent rent increase in a period of five fi years In Davis County the number number number num num- ber has climbed from the 1310 counted in 1960 to an estimated expected next semester AS TO cost that will depend depend depend de de- de- de pend to a large extent upon which college they will be attending For those who will be going going going go go- ing to supported publicly-supported colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges the average cost will willbe willbe willbe be about 1250 for students living in the state the Office Office Office Of Of- fice of Education reports For residents non-residents it will be much more AT PRIVATE institutions it finds the average is 2720 2720 2720 2 for tuition fees room and board Many colleges private and public have rates that vary considerably from these averages both up and down ADDED TO these costs are such incidentals as laundry transportation recreation books and clothing Including these expenses it might cost a family up to to maintain a youngster youngster youngster young young- ster at a private college inthe inthe in inthe the coming academic year and about 1750 at a state- state supported college THE TOTAL outlay of 11 11 for Davis County families with college-bound college children is based upon the assumption that half of them will be going to public in institutions institutions institutions in- in and half to private ones t |