College Tuition Costs
Discussions center on the high costs of US university tuition, room, board, books, and total attendance expenses, often comparing them to lower costs abroad or debating affordability and value.
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That seems like a really low amount to pay for tuition. In the US, many universities charge upwards of $20,000 per year, some as high as $100,000 a year.
You've just described college tuition!
Is it just me or does 17k/student/yr for tuition, books, food, and accommodations not seem unreasonable
Wait, how do five years of University at a price of $80 - $10000 a year add up to 750'000. Because that is a huge number.
Mine did, but it was state school and cheap (10k/yr tuition and room/board)
Not technically but it's tuition surely is reaching those heights.
Your comparison is completely wrong. Not getting into specifics of rental prices, or student eating/socialising habits,> Tuition at that time was 500 per semester for meThis is the number people talk about when they're talking about tuition costs for Americans. Everyone needs shelter and to eat, whether they're a student or an engineer at a FAANG.It's $5-10k fo r community college depending on in or out of state. It's $10-$20k per year for a university for mo
US university can easily surpass $100k in tuition alone.My alma mater, UVA, currently estimates the total cost of attendance for in-state (subsidized by state government) at $34k/year (tuition, room-board, other expenses). For out-of-state students, that number is $68k/year. And this is a state university, not a private institution.
I attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which had a "total cost of attendance" for out of state students at $40,000 in 2010.For in state students it was only $15,000 per year.I came from a "middle class" family and received "grants" from the school, such that my cost of attendance per year averaged to $25,000.Ever since I graduated, not a single person has ever asked me anything regarding my education, and I currently make $93,000 per ye
Have you looked at college costs recently? Look what Michigan costs for an in-state student: https://admissions.umich.edu/costs-aid/costsOr Maryland: https://financialaid.umd.edu/resources-policies/cost-attenda...Or Texas: <a href="https:/&#x