Actual Case Study Costs
A Message to all families - It is wise to save for your child's education!

Every year post secondary funding falls short of what is required.

Every year students have to cover part or all of their costs of going to college or university.

Here are some facts from recent research:

Student Profile	Program	Location / Residence	Total Expenses	Total  GRPSEO	Shortfall covered by student
Single, no dependents, sharing expense of house	Undergrad - Biology	Guelph, ON	$13,015.32	$12,029.16	$986.16
Single, no dependents, co-habitating - apartment	Undergrad - Law	Ottawa,ON	32,669.24	15,552.91	17,116.33
Single, no dependents, living on own - apartment	Undergrad - Economics	St. Catherines, ON	12,263.96	8,012.00	4,251.96
Single, no dependents, living with parents	Undergrad - Biology	Dartmouth, Nova Scotia	14,702.50	10,589.00	4,113.50
Single, no dependents, living on own - apartment	College - Nursing	Brantford, ON	14,406.85	9,082.33	5,324.52
Married, dependent, Apartment	Undergrad - Science	Halifax, Nova Scotia	16,694.75	11,548.00	5,146.75
Single, no dependents, living on own - residence	College - Food & Nutrition Mgmt	Kemptville, ON	13,891.94	13,441.00	450.94
Married, 1 dependent, family at home - house	Graduate - Medicine	Hamilton, ON	71,020.93	22,114.48	48,906.45
Single, no dependents, co-habitating - house	Graduate - Agricultural	Brookfield, Nova Scotia	10,685.68	4,624.00	6,061.68
Single, no dependents, living on own - residence	Undergrad - Visual Arts	Toronto, ON	14,770.88	11,791.58	2,979.30
Married, no dependents, living with mate - house	College - Massage Therapy	Ohsweken, ON	14,715.03	7,200.00	7,515.03
Single, no dependents, living on own - apartment	Undergrad - Commerce	Guelph, ON	14,828.39	12,512.10	2,316.29
Single, no dependents, living on wwn - apartment	College - Computer Prog.	London, ON	18,553.04	13,273.60	5,279.44
Single, no dependents, living on own - apartment	College - Software Engineer	Brantford, ON	10,112.33	9,787.16	325.17
Single, no dependents, co-habitating - apartment	Undergrad - Law	Windsor, ON	30,980.01	15,277.86	15,702.15
Single, no dependents, living with parents	Undergrad - Nursing	Beausejour, Manitoba	12,121.36	11,846.40	274.96
Single, no dependents, living on own - apartment	College - Pre-Technology	London, ON	13,240.30	9,549.60	3690.70
Single, no dependents, living on own - apartment	Masters - Architecture	Toronto, ON	21,982.15	13,816.78	8,165.37
Single, no dependents, living on own - house	Undergrad - Business	Echo Bay, ON	23,398.10	11,556.20	11,841.90
Single, no dependents, living with parents	U.S. College - Business	Sanborn, NY	10,317.00	9,758.43	558.57
Total					$151,007.17

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