If you have 2+ kids to put thru college, tuition is $5500-6500/yr. No state income taxes and low property taxes. I suspect room and board is less too. Looks like at least $100,000 savings over 4 years per child. Our 3 daughters went to Arkansas State and lived at home. Two make six figure incomes. Their tuition was about 40% of State in state at the time.