How much should I budget for college application fees?

If your child is about to be college age, it’s likely you’ve been thinking about how to pay and budget for college.

But there’s an extra expense that comes before the first day of freshman year that is important to include in your overall budget: college application fees.

An application fee is the cost a college charges to review a student’s application for admittance. The average college application fee costs $43, with the most common cost being $50. However, some colleges do charge as much as $100.

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