<prompt> Human: We had our first child and are trying to determine how much to save for his college. We also want to know if we can afford to have other children, and for them to go to college. Some quick googling said that current 4 year private college is 31k a year and growing at a rate of 5.6 a year. In 18 years thats close to 300k.-EDIT-Thank you everyone for your responses. It seems prices might continue to rise due to the rich and infinite governmentbank loans SCARY or there is a chance the bubble will burst. Next question what is the best way to save invest? Any help is greatly appreciatedWhat is the best way to save for his college, which the Reddit community established might be 300k, give or take 150k? US  <response>: Send him to school in Canada, save a bunch of money 