Average Human Costs for Degrees

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I am going to throw a curve ball out here.  Does anyone know how CCP (college credit plus) or AP factors in here?   I’m hoping my son will have at least a few of these before he graduates High School.  I’m hoping to get him set to becaccelerate through college, if he chooses to do so.  If we pay for a private High School, I want to reduce how much we pay for college.

From what I've heard, AP can actually INCREASE costs significantly over other ACE sources. Students are encouraged to take each AP exam multiple times in order to get a good score. This can be hundreds of dollars for each AP course that is taken and passed. Plus all of the misc. study guides and whatnot that aren't "required" but that you really should get/use if you want to pass. A basic CC course can actually be much more affordable than an AP exam.

I've not heard this, and I've known dozens of kids who have AP credit.  I don't know a single one who every retook an exam, even after failing one - since you can only take them once a year, you usually have other ones to take the following year, all schools don't offer all of them each year, etc.  Nobody thinks that you are going to get a better score NEXT year when the material isn't fresh.  Someone who is taking 2-6 AP courses in a year does not have time to study for LAST year's XYZ exam this year.  They are studying like crazy for THIS year's exams.

Now, SAT/ACT, yes, those are retaken (sometimes a LOT) - but not AP.