Matt Liberatore, director of professional learning and student services at Arlington Heights-based Township High School District 214, said students now are “much more in tune to the finances and what that degree is going to cost.” He said counselors and teachers work with the students to understand what’s right for them. “Is the place you’re going to go going to be the most economically affordable for what you want to do? I think there are many ways to get to the end point.”