Paying public tuition after private tution

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - my numbers don't include room and board for either school.

Does it include the mandatory fees? My kids' fees are about $1500 a semester (bus transportation, health center, rec, library, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$6k for college?? Where is this college?

This is what I pay per semester for my kid at UMBC. He lives at home and commutes to school so that saves the cost of rooming him there. He previously went to community college and I couldn't get over how cheap that is (~$2500 per semester).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My god.

I just paid the tuition for my college freshman's fall semester at his (top) public. It was just shy of 6k. This feels like pennies after what I have been paying for my oldest's tuition per semester at their private (just shy of 35k.) It is shocking now that it is real. And I am glad the situation was not reversed.

Why glad the situation was not reversed (i.e., pay $6k for k-12 and then $35k for 4 years)?

I assume your kid would have ended up at this college if you had just done public k-12.

Sorry I was not clear.

My oldest is at a private university. My middle is attending the public university. That was my comparison.

[Anonymous]

Are some people confused because OP only listed tuition for a semester instead of the full year? In-state UMD is about $6k per semester so I don't understand why so many people are shocked by this.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s confusing because room and board is such a huge cost that we rarely separate it out when calculating the cost. For me, one child will be in-state and I owe around 14,500 this semester and one will be OOS public and I own 17,500. I honestly have no idea what the difference in tuition is as it’s the total cost that concerns me. Plus, tuition without the mandatory fees which are all over the place means nothing.

[Anonymous]

I think VA folks might be surprised at this tuition amount because VA schools are much more than this.

[Anonymous]

I just paid my freshman’s in-state tuition, room and board, and fees for a
Maryland school. $16k. After all the worrying and fretting and saving we’ve done for the past 18 years that was a really nice check to write.

Thank you, child!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My god.

I just paid the tuition for my college freshman's fall semester at his (top) public. It was just shy of 6k. This feels like pennies after what I have been paying for my oldest's tuition per semester at their private (just shy of 35k.) It is shocking now that it is real. And I am glad the situation was not reversed.

Having similar experience. Younger kid’s full freight bill is still less than older kid’s tuition and fees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand. The only two days I regret my kid's private uni choice are the two days when I send the checks. $33K twice a year. Ouch.

Yuck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Univ of Washington charges $12k a year for in-state tuition. OOS is $43k.

Yup, it will cost you way more to "live and eat" than tuition at UW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are some people confused because OP only listed tuition for a semester instead of the full year? In-state UMD is about $6k per semester so I don't understand why so many people are shocked by this.

+1 this is a fairly normal amount for one semester of tuition in-state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$6k for college?? Where is this college?

UMD is about that in state,

Wow I had no idea. So cheap.

[Anonymous]

I live in NC and if my child goes to a state school it will be about $25,000/ year including everything, at most. They attend a k-12 private right now that is $30K/ year. We would basically be getting a raise if they attend instate public! I really hope that works out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in NC and if my child goes to a state school it will be about $25,000/ year including everything, at most. They attend a k-12 private right now that is $30K/ year. We would basically be getting a raise if they attend instate public! I really hope that works out!

nice but i always wonder why send your kid to private k-12 then go to public university for college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in NC and if my child goes to a state school it will be about $25,000/ year including everything, at most. They attend a k-12 private right now that is $30K/ year. We would basically be getting a raise if they attend instate public! I really hope that works out!

I mean…your kid will easily get into some NC state school unless you will only consider Chapel Hill. Even then, in-state acceptance is pretty high.