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[quote=Anonymous]Here's what's shocking to me. Yes, we have some wonderful "state" universities but our "in-state" [u]tuition & fees[/u] (not room & board or extras) are rather eye-opening.

Compare state flagships (I'll let UVA slide in on this one) for engineering:

[url=https://uvafinance.virginia.edu/sites/uvafinance/files/FY25%20Website%20Report.pdf]UVA[/url] ($26,152/yr, first 3 years)

[url=https://finaid.vt.edu/content/dam/finaid_vt_edu/Cost_of_Attendance/2324/undergrad/2324%20COA%20ISF%20UG%20On%20Campus.pdf]VT[/url] ($15,478/yr, freshman-on campus, not incl housing)

vs our adjacent states:

[url=https://www.uky.edu/financialaid/tuition-and-fees]Kentucky[/url] ($13,212/yr)

[url=https://billpay.umd.edu/UndergraduateTuition]UMD[/url] ($14,535/yr)

[url=https://studentservices.ncsu.edu/finances/tuition-and-fees/tuition-and-fee-rates/undergraduate-students/]NCSU[/url] ($9,105/yr)

[url=https://onestop.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2023/11/Spring-24-UGRD.pdf]Tennessee[/url] ($13,484/yr)

[url=https://tuition.wvu.edu/undergraduate/morgantown-campus#table-9]WVU[/url] ($11,160/yr)

[size=9]** This was just a quick data search, may not be exactly apples-to-apples but I tried, and I did not see specific add-ons for engineering at UK, NCSU, or UT.[/size]

UMD is within ~$1K of VT....but the others are several thousand dollars less Tech [i]per year[/i]. Now, you might want to argue rankings and such...and the at least ~10K+ difference over a degree program...is "worth it" for a "better" school, but all of them turn out fine engineers.  And many of the [url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/eng-rankings]top engineering schools[/url] (like UC-Berkeley, Purdue, GA Tech, Texas and Texas A&M) all have low in-state rates too.

I can't figure out why Virginia's top-3 (Tech, UVa, W&M) are so much more expensive for Virginians. Maybe it's made up with cheaper housing/board options but those vary so widely based on need and preference that it's truly hard to compare quickly.

When all-in easily floats up over $150,000, and realistically is closer to $175K! [b][i]for a public and in-state[/i][/b] degree (and that's IF your kid can do that engineering in four years) -- it'll really make you question what's going on.
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