Costs

Your costs to attend college include both your direct costs (tuition, fees, and books) and indirect costs (estimated living expenses). Your financial aid counselor will advise you to borrow a student loan (after determining grant and scholarship awards) only to cover the amount of your direct expenses for school each year. Most Potomac students are working adults, and by definition you already have a way to pay for your basic living expenses.

Millions of students over-borrow each year. Some run out of loan eligibility before they graduate. Others simply borrow so much that they run into problems paying the loans back. If you do not need to borrow more than your direct costs for tuition, fees, and books, please don’t!

Remember – if you live like a student now, you will not have to live like a student after you graduate! Don’t over-borrow!