Akers, Elizabeth J.Chingos, Matthew M.2020-04-172020-04-172004-12-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97740Improving the college search process by making college costs more transparent to potential students and their families is a primary focus of recent higher education policy efforts. This analysis, drawing on data from two sources that link student survey responses to administrative records on cost and borrowing, suggests that a significant share of undergraduate students do not understand how much they are paying for college or how much debt they are taking on.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Statesstudent debtcollege affordabilityfinancial barriersReporthttps://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Are-College-Students-Borrowing-Blindly_Dec-2014.pdf