"In all, parents and college students will spend $25.7 billion on supplies: $7.5 billion on electronics, $8.8 billion on textbooks, $3.2 billion on clothing and accessories, $2.6 billion on dorm or apartment furnishings, $2.1 billion on school supplies and $1.5 billion on shoes.
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College freshmen will spend an average of $1,200 on school supplies as they head off to campus this fall.
More than half ($760) is earmarked for electronics, according to the National Retail Federation's Back-to-College Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey.
College juniors—many moving off-campus for the first time—will spend an average $812, with $278 of that pegged for furnishings. College sophomores will spend and average $445; seniors, only $425, NRF said.
In all, parents and college students will spend $25.7 billion on supplies: $7.5 billion on electronics, $8.8 billion on textbooks, $3.2 billion on clothing and accessories, $2.6 billion on dorm or apartment furnishings, $2.1 billion on school supplies and $1.5 billion on shoes."
Source: http://promomagazine.com/news/student_spending_up/index.html
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