Anonymous wrote:Look, we know state colleges are a lot cheaper. What's surprising is that OP say a "top" state school. Lots of posters are throwing out bullshit state colleges charging these prices. They're not "top."

It’s not surprising. Here are tuition and fees for this year at a few of the cheaper “top” publics:

UF: $6,380
UNC: $9,096
UT-Austin: $10,858-13,576
UCLA: $15,700

And several others in this range that are good though maybe more debatable about being top, including some of the other UCs, Georgia Tech, Wisconsin, UMD, and Purdue.

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

Yup. "Great public university system" that costs $$$$$.

Still cheaper than private in many cases.

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

Yup. "Great public university system" that costs $$$$$.

Worth every penny.

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

Yup. "Great public university system" that costs $$$$$.

Well…UCB (and UCLA and all the UC schools) is only $7250 a semester.

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

Yup. "Great public university system" that costs $$$$$.

Anonymous wrote:Look, we know state colleges are a lot cheaper. What's surprising is that OP say a "top" state school. Lots of posters are throwing out bullshit state colleges charging these prices. They're not "top."

UW is "top."

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Anonymous wrote:What “top” public only charges 6k per semester?

UMD is T50 and charges $10K annually.

I'm sure this comment of mine will bring out the trolls turning their noses up at UMD...

well, it's ranked as the 17th best public school. below rutgers. so, yea, not "top.'

Anonymous wrote:Lots of Georgia parents send their kids to private high school and then enjoy a nice break when their kid goes to public U in GA and gets free tuition thanks to Zell Miller/Hope.

Not really…at least not the top private high schools. Nearly 88% of Lovett and Westminster grads attend college OOS.

I don’t think they care much about tuition breaks.

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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?

Public universities are selective and not compulsory, so you have a population of engaged students and you choose your classes and major. Unlike high school where it’s whomever lives in bounds of your local high school, and a certain percentage don’t want to be there or want to cause mischief.

They aren’t compulsory but the vast majority aren’t selective and there are plenty of college kids that don’t care much about class…more than you will find in very high performing public high schools.

Look, we know state colleges are a lot cheaper. What's surprising is that OP say a "top" state school. Lots of posters are throwing out bullshit state colleges charging these prices. They're not "top."

Anonymous wrote:That is absolutely incredible. The tuition at my publics is $16,00- 20,000!! Just tuition. Room and board another $13-15,000. This is why I’m always saying privates are cheaper if you get merit. I pay less than $10,000 a year with room board thrown in.

We could have done private for $13K/year but that would have been with Tuition Exchange. But, yeah, merit at certain privates can bring the cost down to the in-instate public level.

Lots of Georgia parents send their kids to private high school and then enjoy a nice break when their kid goes to public U in GA and gets free tuition thanks to Zell Miller/Hope.

Anonymous wrote:What “top” public only charges 6k per semester?

UMD is T50 and charges $10K annually.

I'm sure this comment of mine will bring out the trolls turning their noses up at UMD...

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.

Cal State tuition is $7500 for the year

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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?

Public universities are selective and not compulsory, so you have a population of engaged students and you choose your classes and major. Unlike high school where it’s whomever lives in bounds of your local high school, and a certain percentage don’t want to be there or want to cause mischief.