Affordable College Tuition

[nissangirl74]

College tuition doesn't have to break the bank. This article lists 15 affordable colleges / universities. In-state tuition often starts below $10K and one of them is free if you are willing to work for it. An interesting read I thought you might want to check out, especially for those thinking about more education / skills.

http://customsites.yahoo.com/f...d0035

[HashiriyaS14]

Pretty cool. Good info.

I'd never heard of the "College of the Ozarks" thing before. Great idea.

[RCA]

Wow, I pay about $7000 a year and I have a D-3 sports program...I would love to go to a school for the same price but they have division 1 sports program...

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Residents of Florida enjoy the best deal in college education:

My tuition at University of Florida was $3000 a year.

[RCA]

Residents of Florida enjoy the best deal in college education:

My tuition at University of Florida was $3000 a year.

Man I would of loved to be able to watch a UF football game and possibly have the ability to purchase season tickets for dirt cheap (compared to Stub Hub and craigslist prices)

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Man I would of loved to be able to watch a UF football game and possibly have the ability to purchase season tickets for dirt cheap (compared to Stub Hub and craigslist prices)

That's a great deal too. Season tickets were $90, single games $10 (if you could get them).

[RCA]

Season tickets were $90

I was ready to shell out $160 for UF vs SCU! And that wasn't even a Florida home game, I just wanted to watch them play. Damn you suppy and demand

[MaximA32]

In-state tuition here at state schools is ~$20 a unit, each class being 2-3 units each.

[krimsonviper]

^ At my JC, it was $28 a unit when I went there. Don't know what it is now.

[r34 gtr]

Auburn University isn't on there, but tuition is about $2600/semester for me. Its a great school, plus I get to be obnoxious and southern on a daily basis.

Edit: IN STATE.

Out of state tuition is outrageous.

Affordable College tuition = go to your state university. You will end up with a perfectly good education.

[nissangirl74]

Residents of Florida enjoy the best deal in college education:

My tuition at University of Florida was $3000 a year.

What years did you go there? is it really $3K a year or was that supposed to be "per semester"?

Out of state tuition is outrageous.

Affordable College tuition = go to your state university. You will end up with a perfectly good education.

This.

[MinisterofDOOM]

ROFL at BYU. I never understood why anyone would choose that school over the U.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

What years did you go there? is it really $3K a year or was that supposed to be "per semester"?

2005-2009. Tuition was roughly $100 a credit hour. If you took the "average" 15 credits a semester (though I always took less, poor student I was), that's $1500 a semester, or $3,000 a year. A quick google shows in-state tuition now totals $145 with all the fees and such. UF has been trying to raise rates to align themselves with the "Top 10" in hopes it raises their status, I guess they did. Stupid idea.

Even at $145 it's a bargain for a world-class education.

[nissangirl74]

That's impressive. Not a bad price at all. I'm pretty sure I paid that much or more for UT when I went (1992 ). I hear it is stupid expensive now.

Pretty cool. Good info.

I'd never heard of the "College of the Ozarks" thing before. Great idea.

I'd like to check into this for our kids. In addition to getting a great education, it will instill a good work ethic.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

That's impressive. Not a bad price at all. I'm pretty sure I paid that much or more for UT when I went (1992 ). I hear it is stupid expensive now.

UT? Congratulations on overcoming the struggle that is adult illiteracy.

[Jesda]

ROFL at BYU. I never understood why anyone would choose that school over the U.

One reason: The Mormon discount.

[nissangirl74]

UT? Congratulations on overcoming the struggle that is adult illiteracy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You hate the University of Tennessee, the Vols, and the colors orange and white. I get it.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You hate the University of Tennessee, the Vols, and the colors orange and white. I get it.

Just that safety vest orange. Auburn's is closer to the real orange, so it's tolerated.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I think when I started at URI, it was $2800 per semester, and when I finished, it was $4600 (in state).

Still, a sloid invsetment.

The s***ty part was paying for my schooling in Germany. I had to pay for URI tuition, a "tuition/credit transfer fee" (about $500), as well as tuition in Germany (500 Euro, which was the first semester they started charging in the history of the school. Protests ensued).

[RCA]

ROFL at BYU. I never understood why anyone would choose that school over the U.

Miami University?

[nissangirl74]

Just dragging this back from the dead to show you this. The student who is the main focus of the article is 23 years old, a college graduate, and $200K in debt. Holt shiznit!

http://finance.yahoo.com/college-educat ... to-explode

[nissangirl74]

Just dragging this back from the dead to show you this. The student who is the main focus of the article is 23 years old, a college graduate, and $200K in debt. Holt shiznit!

http://finance.yahoo.com/college-educat ... to-explode

[Jesda]

Community college is underrated. Its a good way of getting basics done for cheap.

Space worked throughout high school and college at restaurants, retail stores and a nonprofit firm. But her savings dissipated quickly at Northeastern, where annual costs are $49,452. She's now looking for a second, part-time job. (Northeastern officials did not respond to an interview request.)

I guess I'll stop complaining about $19k/yr, though I think $49k for her includes a place to live, broadband, and a meal plan. My annual living costs in my own place are about $19,000 without food, gas, and insurance.

[nissangirl74]

Is your tuition $19K a year, or your cost of living $19K a year, or both. I iz confused. Guess I should stay in school, huh?

[Jesda]

My cost of living is $19k.
Tuition on top of that is $19k.

But my mom is happy to throw money at my tuition costs. I don't know how to say no.

[nissangirl74]

Hell, I'd go as long as she was willing to help support your goal.

[C-Kwik]

Good God that's a lot of debt to end up with for a Sociology degree. From NorthEastern University's website, their projected cost of attendance for room and board is almost $50K/year so I can see how that added up, but if I were going to major in Sociology, I wouldn't attend that school unless I got substantial amounts of "free" financial aid or my parents had the money to pay for it and would do so. It might be acceptable if they were seeking a professional degree of some sort. Either way, that's gotta be rough...

[nissangirl74]

According to this article, http://www1.salary.com/Social-Worker-BSW-salary.html, the national average salary for a social worker is $46,475. Even if she was lucky enough to earn this much AND lived at home AND depended on her parents for her entire cost of living AND spent every single dime she made paying back her student loan, it would take at least 5 years to pay it off completely. How the hell is that justifiable?

[C-Kwik]

According to this article, http://www1.salary.com/Social-Worker-BSW-salary.html, the national average salary for a social worker is $46,475. Even if she was lucky enough to earn this much AND lived at home AND depended on her parents for her entire cost of living AND spent every single dime she made paying back her student loan, it would take at least 5 years to pay it off completely. How the hell is that justifiable?

Hell, I'd be tempted to go back to school for a Masters and/or PhD just to keep from having to make payments on a loan that big. If anything I net a larger salary in the end and can at least stay afloat. Of course, who knows how much more loans you will need to accomplish that. An option she may try is to go back for a Masters closer to "home" so she can commute while minimizing additional expenses. My sister did that. They also have a program out here for teachers where they pay off your student debt if you work as a teacher at certain schools for a certain amount of time or something. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details but its a way to try and get teachers to want to teach at some schools that are otherwise not very appealing to work at.

[nissangirl74]

Anyway you go about it, there is no good way to dig oneself out of that much debt. It's a terrible burden to be placed on someone who is supposed to walking into the best years of their life. I can only imagine what someone who wants to be a doctor is facing as far as school loans. Why can't everyone just charge community college tuition prices?