Financial aid package at Seton Hall University

mom2collegekids
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:59:47 +0000

hhbomb: *My daughter got her FA offer from Seton Hall…a whopping $1,000 per year. She was offered a $90,000 merit scholarship as well but that still leaves us $110,000 short for a 4 year degree from SHU!! Are these people insane??? Who would spend that kind of money on an average private institution??? She has already declined their offer for admission.
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It’s rather disengenuous to say that SHU only offered you $1k per year in aid when they also offered you a $23k per year scholarship. All of that goes towards “need”. You were probably also offered a $5500 student loan. So, likely a total of nearly $29k per year in aid.

What was your EFC?

$110k TOTAL for a four year degree from a good private is not outrageous (minus the student loans). That’s probably comparable to what your state school would cost. It’s actually a good deal for a private school.