Hey guys. So I just saw my financial aid status is up like everyone else I am sure too. However, I saw my friends “Cost of Attendance” and hers is coming to $52,920.00. Mine is coming to $47,916.00. This doesn’t include FAFSA and all that since we both got the same award for that. So could this potentially be a scholarship that hasn’t come out? I know they’re supposed to come out mid-march so not sure.
Different schools within the university ? Different housing ? Different meal plan ?
@Publisher same schools, same housing, same meal plan. Maybe because I am a psych major and she is bio???
I don’t know. I just offered the first few thoughts that might account for the difference.
It’s based on your majors. At UIUC there are several different tuition rates. Tuition for students majoring in biology is charged at the “Chemistry & Life Science” rate, while tuition for psych majors is charged at the “base” rate. https://registrar.illinois.edu/ug-base-rates-1819
The difference of $5004 is the non base rate difference for some of the majors like engineering, CS+X, and others that have exceptions as indicated in the link above.