<p>Article focuses on UMass-Amherst but also contains information on other state universities, including most and least expensive:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/[/url]”>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/</a></p>
<p>Sidebar to the article:</p>
<p>According to a recent survey of 67 public flagship universities in 50 states, UMass-Amherst is one of the priciest.</p>
<p>Most Expensive</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Penn State, University Park: $11,508</p></li>
<li><p>Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey: $11,051</p></li>
<li><p>University of Vermont, Burlington: $10,748</p></li>
<li><p>University of New Hampshire, Durham: $9,778 5. University of Massachusetts, Amherst: $9,278</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Least Expensive</p>
<ol>
<li><p>University of Florida, Gainesville: $3,180</p></li>
<li><p>Florida State University, Tallahassee: $3,208</p></li>
<li><p>University of Wyoming, Laramie: $3,426</p></li>
<li><p>University of Alaska, Anchorage: $3,497</p></li>
<li><p>University of Nevada, Las Vegas: $3,532</p></li>
</ol>
<p>(2005-2006 in-state tuition and fees; does not include room and board)</p>
<p>WooHoo!</p>
<p>I live in PA and graduated from Rutgers! A two fer!</p>
<p>Isn’t University of Georgia like free for in-staters though?</p>
<p>I have a niece who is attending U of I- Bloomington.
It is about $6,000 for tuition.
She qualifies for instate tuition- since her dad lives in Indiana ( although she lives in Washington)- Since he was diagnosed with a hearing loss after he retired from the military- Indiana even picks up the full tuition cost.
( she pays for her room and board- which is about $6,240- as “children should pay their own expenses”)
Our EFC is about $13,000- which is also about the cost of tuition and rm/board & expenses at our state schools.
Since we would be paying the same regardless, we found a private school that met 100% of need- it seemed like a better deal.
If we hadn’t been able to find a school with 100% of need met- it would have been between a school that gapped and a public school, either with or without merit aid.
I know our state schools at least the flagship, is very interested in raising tuition and possibly supplying more aid to those that qualify. However I predict that even more instate students who can get better offers from private or out of state schools will do so.</p>
<p>while UMass may have higher tuition and fees, housing costs are much higher in Calif. Thus, the total cost of attendance “(COA”) at a UC is more than $20k IN-state. Living on-campus at Berkeley this year is $23k for state residents…and the regent’s just increased fees again. However, the UC’s which lead the publics in Pell Grantees, don’t seem to have diminished their luster by continuing to seek out and accept lower SAT kids – but, it must cost them a spot or two in the rankings.</p>
<p>USNEWS says that room/board at Berkeley is $12,500 which is high I agree- tuition is $6,400. SO why is their room and board so high?
Thats higher than private schools like Stanford and Pomona.</p>
<p>Interestingly, D1 UC school R&B for a SINGLE is the same price as Berkeley R&B for a TRIPLE…I can, maybe, understand why R&B is expensive in California, as land is more than some other places, but I wonder what it is at UCDavis & how about Merced? At Berkeley, they offer guaranteed housing for at least the first two years, I think because most kids want to get out of the over-priced dorms ASAP!</p>
<p>Davis is cheaper, but still expensive.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.housing.ucdavis.edu/Halls/rates_home.htm[/url]”>http://www.housing.ucdavis.edu/Halls/rates_home.htm</a></p>
<p>I am surprised at Berkeley’s rates. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/rates.html[/url]”>http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/rates.html</a></p>
<p>Housing is very expensive in Berkeley, but not as expensive as Palo Alto.</p>
<p>Answering my own question:
)most expensive option, when there is more than one)
MERCED
Single: $10,272
Double: $9,112
DAVIS
Single: $11,679
Double: $10,665
Triple: $9,465
BERKELEY
Single: $14,580
Double: $13,915
Triple: $12,435 (the lowest cost option is $9,800 if you can g tthat one!)
UCI
Single $10,772
Double $9,452
Triple $8,327</p>
<p>UCI is in “The OC” right next to Newport Beach, very expensive land prices, so why is Berkeley so much more?</p>
<p>did they build this private dorm at Berkeley?
<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/03/16/MN57273.DTL[/url]”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/03/16/MN57273.DTL</a></p>
<p>actually, tuition and fees this year are $7,400, and climbing.</p>
<p>USNEWS is good for some things- I was just quoting the amount they gave- I guess they were a little low for D school too.</p>
<p>They have lists of good deal schools, rate amount of grants that are given as well as amount of average debt.
We wouldn’t have even looked at Ds school without the knowledge that they often gave good grants.
I wonder about the family in the article though- while I am not arguing the fact that they make less than $25,000- even a family with two earners who only make $8 an hour are going to make more than that. My husband is a machinist like the father in the article and he makes way more than $8 an hour.
Of course he does belong to a union- BTW where is MR B?</p>
<p>supply and demand at berkeley… there’s just not that many options out there that are cheap anyway, so a lot of housing is overpriced. it has the “major city” feel (similar to UCLA) that makes housing so expensive. another factor into the housing price average is that berkeley (as well as UCLA) built new dorms (still expanding i believe, or at least in UCLA it is), and those are typically more expensive and drive up the average of the housing prices. </p>
<p>UCI is on some good land, but in general, for the same price, you’re always going to get something smaller in a big/compact city environment (berkeley, los angeles) than in the suburbs (irvine). so if the size of the dorms are roughly around the same, then those located in big/compact city environments will be more expensive than those located in the suburbs.</p>
<p>Many of the NC state schools tuition & fees is around $3600 for in-state students - and around $13,000 for OOS.</p>
<p>As a MA resident - having watched the incredible turmoil of U-Mass/Amherst over the past 5-6 years - and thanks to the ex- president Bulger - who made such a mess of the system at the expense of the students there - and in our state - we would not even consider our ‘‘sinking flag-shop’’ U - better deals were available elsewhere…alaaaaa NC!! We pay just about the same OOS as we would in-state…it is really a shame that our own University system has put higher education out of reach for sooooo many now - even with the new MCAS tuition scholarship program - which is a joke when you figure the fees alone are ~~$7000 - which are not included in the ‘tuition’ scolarships.</p>
<p>UMASS is still considered ZOOMASS any ways - so no loss to us at all.</p>
<p>Ga state schools are free tuition only if student maintains a 3.0 GPA</p>