How promising is BME at Iowa?

gole1296
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:04:25 +0000

Out of curiosity I decided to take a look at the cost for Engineering at both schools (since that seems like a major concern). This information obviously won’t have any consideration from your FAFSA form on it, and I am much more familiar with Iowa’s scholarships than UIUC’s.

UIUC Engineering Tuition: $15,114/year
UIUC Engineering Fees: $1,636/year
UIUC Room and Board: $9,714/year (10 meals per week)
TOTAL: $26,464/year

Iowa Engineering Tuition AND Fees: $23,911/year
Iowa Room and Board: $8,331/year (20 meals per week)
TOTAL: $32,242/year

These are estimates from the school website and don’t include miscellaneous expenses or travel. The difference between the 2 is about $5,778/year (I don’t quite know how to factor in the extra 10 meals per week that you get from Iowa’s board contract).

I know that Iowa has a scholarship called the National Scholars Award for out of state students. If you go to a ranking high school and have a 290 or above on your index score (or a 26 ACT + 3.60GPA from a non ranking high school) you automatically receive it. that is worth about $4200/year for all 4 years.

$5,788 - $4,200 = $1,588/year difference with that one scholarship. That’s a very small difference compared to what most people will expect.