Center on Education and Workforce at Georgetown University
Abstract
The Dollars and Sense of Free College measures the costs of three major free-college models as well as the cost of a plan put forth by 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, which shows the likely costs in the first year range from 27.8billionto75 billion. The report finds that the annual benefits of Biden's free college plan would exceed the annual costs of the program within a decad