Students Ongoing Top 10 Expenses

Additional tuition, student fees:

• Rent
• Telephone
• Electricity, gas, water
• Cable TV
• Personal property insurance
• Groceries, cleaning supplies, toiletries
• Clothing
• Longer term investments
• Semblance of a life

Err on the side of things costing more than you think. Review your budget on a monthly basis. It's not cast in stone; it's intended to help manage income and spending. Catch and correct bad spending habits, and pat yourself on the back for the good ones. It may sound cheesy, but these are good lessons to learn for life.

First Month's Top 10 Expenses

• Tuition, student fees
• Moving expenses
• First month's rent/deposit
• Telephone connection charge
• Electricity, gas, water connection charge
• Cable TV connection charge
• Personal property insurance
• Groceries, cleaning supplies
• Furniture
• Unexpected Expenses

Keep receipts from all your moving expenses, as you may be able to deduct them from employment income taxes or award money that you receive.