<p>You were talking about “out of staters”, so I was talking about out of staters too.</p>
<p>“Out-of-state students by comparison pay a max of “only” $29,000. Many of these qualify for financial aid, others for academic scholarships offered by UNC, lowering the cost of attendance even further.”</p>
<p>Yeah, and Duke’s fin aid is 20k more than UNC’s. What’s 29 + 20? 49, which is 4k more than 45 (Duke’s cost).</p>
<p>Thanks for proving my point.</p>
<p>If you still don’t get it:
Duke’s cost - Duke’s financial aid = real cost
45,000 - 28,532 = $16,468 (avg cost to attend Duke)</p>
<p>UNC’s out of state cost - UNC’s fin aid = real cost
29,000 - 9,100 = $19,900 (avg out of state cost to attend UNC)</p>
<p>Do OOS students even get that much fin aid at UNC?</p>
<p>As for in-state students, you said $12k max? I don’t think so:
[College</a> Search - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - UNC, - Cost & Financial Aid](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>5,340 + 7,960 + 1,000 + 1,200 + 550 = 16,050
Looks like they add up to 16k to me. So with 9k fin aid, one saves about $9,500 by going to UNC over Duke. Is it worth $38,000 to go to a much more prestigious school that isn’t plagued with overpopulation found in public schools? I think so.</p>