Being married pt 2?

Question

Being married?

What is the difference in paying off college if your married or single? I have been engaged and am putting off marrying because I have been told it will effect my finances with the colleges and will make it harder to pay for college. Something about dependency?

-Someone brought up the point that it will list my spouses income and not mine.

We are both full-time students so our income together is less than $6000 or so a year. My parents income is about $85k but I receive almost nothing because my dad sucks at finances and #$@#ed me over. My girlfriend also has a trust in her name for $250k though. So if I marry and claim dependence on my spouse instead of my parents, would this in fact HELP me??

Answer 1

well in my school (and some other schools) give a discount on the school fees for married students. I go to BYU and honestly 30% of the students are married, they usually work part time and go to school part time so everything works out until they graduate and start making some real money

Answer 2

list your stuff separately, talk to your financial aid office first, and the internal revenue service, each person's situation is different, I would see which way it would work better irs.gov          1-800-829-1040