Lowest is around 36k at Loyola, I have gotten scholarship between 32-38k at all the schools except Fordham that I have got into, but the scholarship puts me in a place where I can’t get any financial aid.
Thank you, I meant to change it.
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Have you applied to St. Joseph’s? It’s in Philly, it’s mid-sized, and from @Mjkacmom’s experience, the price can get below $30k.
Actually, can you list all the schools you’ve been accepted to so that we know which schools to eliminate from suggesting?
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I actually have been accepted to St.Joes, it is my top school right now for food marketing. I got 32k a year in scholarship which leaves me paying 40k a year. I am gonna see if I could talk to my counselor there and see if maybe with the credits I coming in with graduate a year early.
Other schools I have applied to are
- Scranton (accepted + scholarship)
- Loyola MD (accepted + scholarship)
- Fordham (accepted + no financial aid out yet)
- Seton hall (accepted + scholarship)
- St Joes (accepted + scholarship)
- Northeastern
- Villanova
- Drexel
- Lehigh
- Hobart and William Smith
- JMU
- UMD
- Rutgers
I’m not seeing any of your in-state publics, and that’s a gaping hole right there. Sadly, some of the public-affiliated schools (Penn State, Pitt, and Temple) are well over the $30k budget. @MYOS1634, what are the odds of OP getting merit aid to bring the cost at one of those into budget? Are there any PA-specific programs to help with costs?
West Chester: About $24k for tuition, room & board
Millersville: Mentioned several times by @tsbna44 and should come in around $25k
Slightly over budget, but potentially able to get in budget with merit aid:
Penn State - Behrend in Erie: $31k
Penn State - Harrisburg: $32k
According to @tsbna44’s post #12, Salisbury in Maryland would be guaranteed to fall under $30k after the scholarship the NPC indicated you would get.
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Have you looked at Bloomsburg, Kutztown, or Shippensburg? Not in cities, but all of them have AACSB accredited business schools and are within your preferred price. Have you run the net price calculators on the schools recommended in this and your previous thread?
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NY City Colleges are designed to be commuter colleges. Baruch in particular does not have a campus. You are basically going to school in an office building designed for college students.
If that’s the option you choose, you might as well make it work to your advantage and live off campus in the housing of your choosing rather than in student housing, which is limited to begin with. If a student can document state residency for 12 months prior to the start of classes, he can qualify for in state tuition. He can’t do that for freshman year, but he can certainly do it for the next 3 years. At $19,000 for his first year + $21,000 ($7000 x 3) total for the next 3 years = $40,000 for 4 years, or an average tuition cost of $13,000+ for 4 years.
The attached link is from the Baruch website and details the documentation required to establish residency:
https://enrollmentmanagement.baruch.cuny.edu/undergraduate-admissions/residency/
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Sounds like you need to get some more apps in. Did the Fordham NPC show it would be affordable? What are your career goals?
Do any schools (that you haven’t applied to) mentioned on your two threads appeal to you? If not can you share why? (that will help posters suggest more schools that may come in under $30K.)
I would encourage you to be flexible and open minded when adding to your list.
What is your Plan B if you don’t have any options below $30K come May 1?
Fordham NPC predicted cost of 55k a year 
. I don’t think baruch appeals to me, NYC might be a bit much for me and I am looking for a campus. West chester I visited and did not like, kutztown is too close to home same with millersville. I am working on a plan B of a financial safety school right now.
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SUNY promotes Geneseo College as its “public honors college”. Its business school is well regarded. Tuition, fees, room & board = $35,500.
Geneseo has a scholarship program exclusively for out of state residents with awards up to $8000, depending on high school gpa. This is a merit scholarship. With your 4.0 gpa, you should get the highest amount, which would bring the cost of attendance down to $27,500, well within your target range.
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Generally SUNYs say one has to apply by Dec 1 to maximize aid…do you have insights as to how OOSers who apply after that deadline fare w/ scholarships?
While there is no formal application deadline for freshman applicants, we recommend you apply by December 1 to maximize your chances for financial aid, campus housing and consideration for your major of choice. Please note, some colleges have specific application deadline dates for certain programs of study.
https://www.suny.edu/attend/apply-to-suny/
Regardless, if OP is interested in any of the SUNYs they should get their apps in ASAP. Geneseo FAFSA deadine is 2/1.
Have you considered Manhattan University (in Riverdale, not Manhattan, but close to the city)? I doubt it will come in under $30,000 but you can run the NPC to check.
I am trying to get into like sales. Maybe like managing a territory for a food company. I think a business degree is my best bet, I don’t know how prestigious of one I need though.
It says 35k thank you though.
Northeastern, Villanova, Drexel, and Lehigh are not going to be in your price point. They don’t offer much in the way of merit and have high price tags to begin with.
West Chester seems very similar in vibe to Loyola MD (small college town etc) but a little bit bigger AND it would be more affordable. Perhaps reconsider that?
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You likely don’t need a business degree and the where will not matter. Getting a degree will. Many in that role won’t even have a degree but it will help and allow you to grow.
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There is no mention of a deadline on their website. The scholarship is not dependent on need, so FAFSA doesn’t come into play. The deadline for other scholarships which require specific applications is March 1. These out of state scholarships do not require specific applications.
I’ll call them tomorrow to confirm that there is no deadline other than the normal application for admission process.
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Hearing that reputation is not an issue and knowing that you are trying to find an economic safety, I’ll offer another SUNY.
Oneonta is a nice college. My grandson loved it when we visited. They offer 5 business majors. Out of staters are given an automatic $8000 discount off the normal cost for SUNY tuition, fees, room & board. It’s called a scholarship, but it’s really a discount. It’s not competitive. There’s no merit requirement. If you are admitted and live out of state, you automatically get the $8000. It’s a great deal.
The bottom line is that SUNY Oneonta will cost you $28,000 with this discount if you choose to go there. This gives you the <$30,000 financial safety that you’re looking for with majors available in Accounting, Business administration, Finance, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management. They also offer a few other business related majors outside the Business Department, i.e. Economics, Sport Management, and Food Service & Restaurant Administration. That last one seems directly related to your interests. If you go to their website and click on that major, they list all of the courses. Take a look; it’s a very comprehensive program.
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If you change your mind about wanting to be only on the East Coast, let us know. In particular, schools in the upper Midwest (e.g. Minnesota, Wisconsin etc) often are lower cost while providing strong academics. For example the University of St. Thomas which is in St. Paul, MN. It has a gorgeous campus located in a cute residential part of the city. It has a very strong business program, with a nationwide alumni network. A number of Fortune 500 companies are in the Twin Cities, so you can do an internship during your college years, which often turns into a job offer, and then you can get transferred to one of the branches on either coast if that is your desire. There are lots of food companies in Minneapolis-St. Paul. St. Thomas offers a ton of merit scholarships, and I can easily imagine your COA getting below $30K, possibly significantly below. A high stats student like yourself would be very attractive to them, especially because you would represent geographical diversity. MSP airport is an airline hub for easy travel, and the campus is just minutes from the airport.
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If OP hasn’t applied to Penn State/Pitt already, odds of merit are nil, but they weren’t good in the first place because they don’t offer much merit if any (PSU) or use test scores (Pitt). In OP’s favor, Penn State factors GPA×rigor for 2/3 decision so hopefully OP has taken Precalculus and has decent rigor for that 4.0. However, odds of admission to University Park (main campus) are low at this point because apps were due Nov 1 or Dec 1.
One exception though: OP said he was interested in food sales/business, managing an area for a food brand… And that is one area where Penn State Agribusiness is really strong (one could say dominant for some brands, check out who is in these Beaver VIP boxes). The alumni network means Agribusiness companies book their spot for the career/internship fair year in year out to make sure they have a spot and get PSU interns. And, lucky for OP, Agribusiness is flush with money so gives out major-specific scholarships AND because it’s less well known than Smeal it’s still accepting applications. So, worth a try.
For a financial and academic safety:
Applying now to PSU Harrisburg (relatively residential campus) or Abington (“suitcase” - campus, near Philly, empties out on weekends - AFAIK there’s not even caf service on weekends and students have to cook for themselves, though it can be a good skill to have and certainly cheaper than a full meal plan…) would likely result in a branch-specific merit scholarship – making it well under budget, perhaps with a Schreyer Honors offer (if the option appears in app, check it); it’d be up to OP then to complete the requirements to get into Smeal but the last 2 years would be over budget so OP would have to “save” from the first 2 years to pay the extra for the last 2. It’d be within budget though, thus the ultimate financial and academic safety.
As mentioned above, in sales especially “reputation” of your university won’t matter as much as YOUR skills&work, so if you’re good it doesn’t matter where you go - though the experience you want for your college years+the peers&alumni may subjectively matter to some.
Pitt branches are closing/reducing course offerings so that option isn’t as strong as Harrisburg or Abington.
So, in terms of the state-related schools, OP has 2 choices:
Risk it with Agribusiness at PSU UP (hoping for a major-specific scholarship), with alternate campus Harrisburg or Abington
OR
Apply straight to Harrisburg or Abington, for the certainty of admission and scholarship.
Note that I’m only addressing the “financial&academic safety at State related universities” aspect – I’m aware neither option^ meets the “medium/urban” criteria.
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