Tyler Hakes

Tyler Hakes is the former Director of Marketing at College Raptor. He writes about topics related to the college search, admissions and financial aid. He's always looking to tell great stories about students discovering their perfect school.
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Creating More Accurate College Net Price Estimates

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
If you’re a prospective college student, you may be pulling your hair out when going through the shopping process. Not just because of all of the hoops you’re made to jump through and paperwork you need to fill out — but also because of how misleading college cost estimates can be. Many estimates can be …

MyCollegePrice Launches New Comparison Shopping Site for College Costs

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MyCollegePrice Launches New Comparison Shopping Site for College Costs MyCollegePrice.com answers the question of how much college will really cost by enabling students and their parents to quickly estimate their net price instead of sticker price at thousands of colleges IOWA CITY, Iowa (October 31, 2012) — MyCollegePrice announced today the launch …
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The True Price of Private Colleges: Why Sticker Price Doesn’t Matter

By Tyler HakesLast updated on December 22, 2022
One of the most important reasons we created MyCollegePrice was to help people discover new affordable options for college. Students might discover new schools that they hadn’t even heard of simply by looking at their list of college matches. But, students and their families may also be overlooking great potential colleges that they know about but think are …

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