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What is the present value of the cost of college education for 4 children ages 1, 3, 5, and 7. The current cost of college is $25,000. The children will begin college at age 18 and be in college for 4 years. Education inflation is expected to be 6% and the parents portfolio rate of return is 8%.
Child aged 1 year will go to college through 17 to 20 years
Similarly, other 3 children will go through, 15 to 18 years, 13 to 16 years, 11 to 14 years
Period | Discounting Factor [1/(1.08^period)] |
Inflation Adjusted College Fees [(Previous Years Fees)*(1+0.06)] |
Number of Children going to College |
Total Fees [College Fees*Number of Children] |
PV of Total Fees [Total Fees*Discounting Factor] |
1 | 0.925925926 | 25000 | |||
2 | 0.85733882 | 26500 | |||
3 | 0.793832241 | 28090 | |||
4 | 0.735029853 | 29775.4 | |||
5 | 0.680583197 | 31561.924 | |||
6 | 0.630169627 | 33455.63944 | |||
7 | 0.583490395 | 35462.97781 | |||
8 | 0.540268885 | 37590.75647 | |||
9 | 0.500248967 | 39846.20186 | |||
10 | 0.463193488 | 42236.97398 | |||
11 | 0.428882859 | 44771.19241 | 1 | 44771.19241 | 19201.59702 |
12 | 0.397113759 | 47457.46396 | 1 | 47457.46396 | 18846.01189 |
13 | 0.367697925 | 50304.9118 | 2 | 100609.8236 | 36994.02334 |
14 | 0.340461041 | 53323.2065 | 2 | 106646.413 | 36308.94883 |
15 | 0.315241705 | 56522.59889 | 2 | 113045.1978 | 35636.56089 |
16 | 0.291890468 | 59913.95483 | 2 | 119827.9097 | 34976.62458 |
17 | 0.270268951 | 63508.79212 | 2 | 127017.5842 | 34328.90931 |
18 | 0.250249029 | 67319.31964 | 2 | 134638.6393 | 33693.18876 |
19 | 0.231712064 | 71358.47882 | 1 | 71358.47882 | 16534.62041 |
20 | 0.214548207 | 75639.98755 | 1 | 75639.98755 | 16228.42374 |
PV of Total Fees = Sum of PVs |
282748.9088 = $282748.91 |