Most Expensive College Dorms - Page 3

mom2collegekids · 10-31-2009, 07:04 AM

Wow! re: Johns Hopkins' housing! You might as well buy a cheapish condo and rent out an extra room to another. At least you'll get a tax break.

I'm sure that there are kids here on CC that are considering JH and have never looked at the housing prices.

I still think that pricey campus housing is like hidden tuition. Colleges know that their tuition prices get heavily scrutinized and published, and they know that their housing prices get less publicity (same with "course fees"). Plus, they can offer hide the price of their pricier digs by including a lower cost dorm's prices in their Cost of Attendance page.

TheMan777 · 11-01-2009, 09:21 AM

Cooper Union has high room and board? Guess it balances out with the tuition - which is always free there.

ken285 · 11-01-2009, 09:27 AM

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Cooper Union has high room and board? Guess it balances out with the tuition - which is always free there.

Only freshmen live in the dorm, so it really depends on how good of an apartment you find for yourself in the city.

TrumpetDad · 11-02-2009, 06:42 AM

The variability of this factor is something I started to notice while searching for my daughter ~3 years ago. Also, the immediate-area rental market for off-campus housing, if and when the student decides to move off-campus. Clark U. in Worcester, MA works out pretty well on both fronts.

mom2collegekids · 11-02-2009, 09:32 AM

^^^

Yes, budget-conscious families need to look at such things. If "all things are equal" between 2 possible choices, the cost of housing can tip the scales towards one school.

Typically (but not always) public school campus housing is cheaper than private.

House of London · 11-02-2009, 10:55 AM

Oh yeah, let's not forget the fact that a maid comes in the dorm of every freshman at George Washington University and cleans the rooms once a week. Now whether you're getting what you pay for--I'll leave it up to you guys.

mom2collegekids · 11-02-2009, 11:16 AM

^^^^

How nice!!!

confidentialcoll · 11-02-2009, 12:25 PM

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NYU has dorms in which each students have their own bathroom. Thats whats one of the causes for the booming room and board fee. Columbia is in the same range if not more.

Incorrect, Columbia dorms ranges from 6,000 to 7,500 per academic year. NYUs dorms are over double the price. Columbia overall is about the same price (perhaps $1000 more expensive) as the other ivies.

Housing : Residence Halls

poetsheart · 11-03-2009, 11:20 PM

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Oh yeah, let's not forget the fact that a maid comes in the dorm of every freshman at George Washington University and cleans the rooms once a week. Now whether you're getting what you pay for--I'll leave it up to you guys.

Can that really be true?

I'm just thinking of the way some college kids keep their dorm rooms (especially some of the males)---one would have to don hazmat gear in order to tackle such a mess. You couldn't pay me to enter such rooms, much less clean them.

futurenyustudent · 11-05-2009, 04:25 AM

NYU housing isn't all that expensive, but some people really do get screwed over.

That is, assuming you don't get stuck at Lafayette Street.

ParentOfIvyHope · 11-05-2009, 12:30 PM

DD dorm room cost $4125 per semester (4 months) at MIT without board. So I don't think NYU is anywhere out of line.

RacinReaver · 11-05-2009, 03:06 PM

I remember being at CMU where a dorm room was over $600 a month. I moved off campus to a nicer apartment and only a little further away (but on a bus line, so it took the same amount of time) and saved about $200 a month. It was certainly cheaper to move off campus as soon as possible there.