<p>With tuition hovering close to $25k for out-of-state kids, and the average merit-aid awarded around $6k, why not just price themselves out at $19k and call it a day?</p>
<p>Sorry to burst your Collegebubble…</p>
<p>A school that costs $25k for OOS students that also has an avg merit award of $6k is NOT offering that much to EVERY student. </p>
<p>If a school enrolls 1000 frosh and 100 get merit, then the average merit award is based on what those 100 got. So if 25 got $3k, and 50 got $6k, and 25 got $9k, then the average award is $6k…but only 10% of the frosh got anything.</p>
<p>and those 100 are a mix of instate and OOS students.</p>