Actual COA for UVA and W&M

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any quality (say the same level as JMU) out of state schools, public or private, that cost less than or only slightly more than William and Mary (exclusive of any kind of aid?) We're in-state in Virginia and have set our budget to be no more or little more than the most expensive in-state school.

WM is expensive for in-state. USF, Tampa, Denver, Muhlenberg, Rollins, all came in at or less than WM. Our experience this year was that where our kid got accepted/rejected was not as predictable as we thought and merit/financial aid packages varied greatly.

Most (all?) of the SUNYs and UNC-Asheville are two more publics that are no more expensive for OOS students than W&M is for in-state.

They can't charge more and maximize OOS revenue.

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Anonymous wrote:Too much for public universities.

No it isn’t.

W&M is one of the most expensive for instate in the US. It’s yearly COA is equal to the yearly median income in some parts of Va.

But W&M cost of attendance is relatively low for lower to lower middle income families.

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Please share some data

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Anonymous wrote:Please share some data

https://tamingthehighcostofcollege.com/net-price-of-virginia-colleges-by-income/

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Loans

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Anonymous wrote:Loans

Loans? If you are referring to the link above, it is Net Price, which is total cost minus grants and scholarships. It isn't factoring loans, which can be used to pay the net price.

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Anonymous wrote:DC's (now a senior) actual COA is around 38k--includes tuition, fees, room, board, books and general spending. No meal plan just groceries. Books have cost less than the estimate.
DC has also had a 19/hr 10/hr week research internship for 3 academic years which pays for some of that (along with summer and break jobs).

Insanity.

Except that a comparable slac like my own is now an obscene $81k a year

That doesn't mean $38K for in state public isn't also obscene.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too much for public universities.

No it isn’t.

W&M is one of the most expensive for instate in the US. It’s yearly COA is equal to the yearly median income in some parts of Va.

But W&M cost of attendance is relatively low for lower to lower middle income families.

That's true for a lot of places. For family income under $80,000 UVA gives free tuition.

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Anonymous wrote:DC's (now a senior) actual COA is around 38k--includes tuition, fees, room, board, books and general spending. No meal plan just groceries. Books have cost less than the estimate.
DC has also had a 19/hr 10/hr week research internship for 3 academic years which pays for some of that (along with summer and break jobs).

Insanity.

Except that a comparable slac like my own is now an obscene $81k a year

That doesn't mean $38K for in state public isn't also obscene.

Obscene by how much? Most quality publics are $30 all-in. So, you’re going to argue about 8k/year? Also, the schools you’re comparing too are probably much, much larger and poorer quality. If you think a large school with middling academics is great, take W&M off your list.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too much for public universities.

No it isn’t.

W&M is one of the most expensive for instate in the US. It’s yearly COA is equal to the yearly median income in some parts of Va.

But W&M cost of attendance is relatively low for lower to lower middle income families.

That's true for a lot of places. For family income under $80,000 UVA gives free tuition.

Perhaps. I was just pointing out that W&M's average net cost is the lowest or close to the lowest in Virginia up to $110K/year in income. You can see in the link below that most of the other public schools have significantly higher average net costs at lower to mid income levels.

https://tamingthehighcostofcollege.com/net-price-of-virginia-colleges-by-income/

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It’s all averages and I bet a lot of that $$$ is loans

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Anonymous wrote:It’s all averages and I bet a lot of that $$$ is loans

Net price is before loans.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s all averages and I bet a lot of that $$$ is loans

Net price is before loans.

+1 DP: The data show that W&M is particularly generous compared with other VA colleges with grant aid for families making less than 110k/yr. I don't know why people are saying what they "bet" when there's data on what is true.

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Anonymous wrote:DC's (now a senior) actual COA is around 38k--includes tuition, fees, room, board, books and general spending. No meal plan just groceries. Books have cost less than the estimate.
DC has also had a 19/hr 10/hr week research internship for 3 academic years which pays for some of that (along with summer and break jobs).

Insanity.

Except that a comparable slac like my own is now an obscene $81k a year

That doesn't mean $38K for in state public isn't also obscene.

Please go do some research before posting. UCLA is the same price instate as W&M and OOS to UCLA is almost $70,000. If you include airfare it is definitely over $70k