Alabama VS Ole Miss and Auburn for Engineering?

mom2collegekids
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:35:30 +0000

@17srqsiesta‌

When you say that instate tuition will cost you about $13k, do you mean tuition only? Or do you mean tuition, room, board, books, fees, etc?

OOS total costs (tuition, fees, room, board, books, etc) are more than $23k, which you likely have already found out.

If you can pay $25k, that will cover the OOS tuition, and then if your son can work/save in the summers to contribute, plus take out a $5500 student loan, and get some merit money, then going OOS could be affordable.

It sounds like merit money is needed to make these OOS schools affordable. If your son fully understands that, then hopefully he is practicing for this next test.

Best wishes.

Just checked…

FSU instate cost

Tuition and fees $6,592
Room and board $10,208
Books and supplies $1,000
Estimated personal expenses $2,914
Transportation expenses $1,210
Estimated Total $21,924

Looks like Tuition, fees, room, board, books as an instate FSU student is about $17,000 (not counting the other misc expenses)

I were you, I would make sure that my son fully understood the total cost of going OOS and how much you can pay ($23k) so that he understands that the rest of the cost (likely $10k+) will have to come from him with summer work, student loan, and merit scholarship.