<p>^ Just a quick addendum: my D’s first choice school is currently a mid-priced LAC. Adding together tuition & fees + room & board, that school would cost us a little over $8,000/yr more than OOS at Michigan, my own alma mater. Michigan would be a handsome savings, roughly 16% off the LAC price, if I could persuade her to follow in my footsteps. (We’ll be full-pay at either school). Some other LACs are even more expensive.</p>