alternatives to government loans for education

[Jared]

im interested in finishing my degree online (i never got very far), but i'm not sure how to finance it...i want to do one or two courses at a time, but i can't even afford that out of pocket. does anyone know of ways to fund education that don't involve government money?

[Raineyrocks]

im interested in finishing my degree online (i never got very far), but i'm not sure how to finance it...i want to do one or two courses at a time, but i can't even afford that out of pocket. does anyone know of ways to fund education that don't involve government money?

The only way I can think of and you've probably already thought of it, is through personal grants that individuals have set up.   I'm not sure how it would work with an online school or if there is even a difference.   Good luck! 

[Jared]

i'd like to add another aspect to this post - do you feel it is immoral to take federal loans for education? i'm not very happy about the idea of taking money that was stolen from taxpayers, but is there any other choice in this current system? ive never taken any money from the state since ive become a lover of liberty, even when i was so broke i could barely feed myself....but i wrestle with this one.

[slim]

The place that I am employed at has a tuition reimbursement program. You might want to talk to a employer about it.

[David]

My brother paid for his bachelors at a private school before he graduated.  He had maybe 10-15 thousand that he saved from years of working a paper route as a kid.  He got a bit of help, maybe a few thousand dollars worth from family, but most of the cost he paid.  The school accepted installment payments, and he worked in between to pay for it.  He is the only person I personally know who has done this, but it is doable, just not easy.  

Gary North over at LewRockwell is highly critical of the obsene cost of college education and his archives has various articles on different means to reduce the cost of college.  http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north-arch.html

[KBCraig]

Government grants and loans are directly responsible for the obscene cost of higher education. If so many people didn't have free and easy access to this money, schools would set their prices accordingly. Instead, education has hyper-inflation because people are spending money that isn't theirs.