Before parents start worrying about issues which may arise once their children attend college, there is one other major problem which must be faced... the cost of college education. An issue which plague parents and graduating teenagers.

Thank God, we do have the option of getting a financial aid. Apply for Federal Student Aid. Check out the possibilities on how your child can get a Student Loan. Or, search the net for grants and/or scholarships.

Another way of being able to send your child to school without breaking the bank is to choose colleges that "offer students an excellent experience in the classroom without breaking the bank--so you and your wallet can sleep well at night."

Check out the top ten best-value colleges -- public and private -- which was researched by the Princeton Review.

Public:

• New College of Florida (Sarasota, Florida)
• Truman State University (Kirksville, Missouri)
• University of North Carolina at Asheville (Asheville, North Carolina)
• University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
• University of California--Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
• University of California--San Diego (San Diego, California)
• University of California--Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)
• University of Minnesota--Morris (Morris, Minnesota)
• University of Wisconsin--Madison (Madison, Wisconsin)
• St. Mary's College of Maryland (St. Mary's City, Maryland)

Private:

• Rice University (Houston, Texas)
• Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts)
• Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
• Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)
• Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, California)
• Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Indiana)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, Washington)
• Amherst College (Amherst, Massachusetts)
• Scripps College (Claremont, California)
• Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

via MSN