Cost of Attendance.

jss402
Sat, 08 Nov 2014 15:49:41 +0000

I think it is extremely unreasonable to pay over “$200,000” to get a bachelor’s degree from Penn State. Note that this is not even a fixed amount because most students tend to take 4 1/2 - 5 years to finish their degrees. Please don’t let your son drown yourself into a pool of student loan debts. It is one of the worst you can do financially since you can’t really default on them(because it’s generally a bad idea). I strongly advise you and your son to stay at your home state institution for obvious reasons. Personally, I don’t think any academic program at Penn State is worth $200,000 plus the possibilities of student loan default.

There are other state universities that are academically better than and cost less than Penn State. Plus, I find many academic programs at Penn State to be “average” (I’ve seen PSU drop in 15 ranks in Engineering over the past few years) so I think your son will be better off elsewhere.

Good Luck!