This short brochure offers practical advice and information to parents and students on financing a college education. It opens with 10 facts about financing a college education to serve as a backdrop for the advice and information offered in the following pages. The brochure offers its information in a question and answer format. Topics covered include: when to begin saving, good savings plans, prepayment plans, qualifications for financial aid, state and federal financial aid programs, finding help, specific situations such as divorced parents, gifts from relatives, home equity loans, income in retirement plans, college financial aid package offers, selecting a financing option, and student loans. (JB)