Financial GPS

Financial GPS · for parents

Can I, the parent, afford it?

Question 3 of 4

Vanguard University of Southern California · $83,000

How much Parent PLUS a year?

We started you at $6,500: Vanguard University of Southern California’s typical Parent PLUS balance, $25,750, over four years.

$6,500
$0year-one price gap $17,855cap $20,000

You’d receive about $6,225 a year after the 4.228% fee.

The new caps

$20,000 a year and $65,000 per student, counting what either parent has already borrowed for this student.

Federal Student Aid: Parent PLUS loans