Very few things are as expensive as a college education .

The sticker price is shocking: The cost of attendance at some schools nears six figures a year , after factoring in tuition, fees, room and board, books, transportation and other expenses.

But most people don't pay that much , or even close .

"There's a lot of money flowing around, a lot of discounts," The New York Times columnist and author Ron Lieber said Friday at the 2025 Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing 's Personal Finance Summit in New York.

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