Deciding Between UW-Madison and RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) CS

Midwestmomofboys
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 02:54:40 +0000

@sunnryz Since schools vary by how they estimate misc. extra costs, we focused on comparing tuition and actual room and board for our student rather than include all the other costs. Tuition next year at UW is $37.6 for OOS students, plus a $1400 surcharge if you in engineering, so $39k. Room and board will vary, but UW dorms plus typical board is listed at $11.5 That makes tuition, room and board and fees as about $52.k – still a lot less than full pay at any private. UW generously includes incidentals in predicting the cost of attendance – those are costs you and your kid have control over – how often they order pizza delivery etc. If a student has to fly to one school they are considering, but not others, then certainly, include several round trip tickets a year in the predicted cost. But I always found UW’s “official” cost of attendance – because it included estimates of incidentals – much higher than my kid’s own experience. Plus, when he moved off campus, housing costs dropped further.