[MonkeyMama]

I am curious about dollar amounts or %s for different categories.

Here's my college budget - you'll laugh:

$1200/month income
( 400) rent
( 250) tuition & books/supplies
( 100) Gas
( 250) Estimated Taxes - self-employed
( 50) Utilities
( 100) Food
( 50) Clothes/Other Necessities
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This is off the top of my head from way long ago, but I wouldn't do anything different because I didn't have any debt coming out of school.

I was still covered under parent's health plan & I also ate a lot of meals at my parents and my boyfriend's homes. Free food goes a long way... Plus I worked extra in the summers and actually put money in IRAs and probably how I paid for car maintenance and such.