Order of using sources for paying for college

[ucbalumnus]

@TheGreyKing

Our son has sent an enrollment deposit to a private college to which he has been admitted ED. We are anticipating four years of college followed by three or four years of some type of graduate school (PhD program or law school seem the most likely routes).

PhD programs worth attending should be funded (tuition waiver and living expense stipend), so there should be no or minimal additional parental funding needed.

Law school will typically be very expensive.