Indiana vs northeastern vs penn state

daveverdo
Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:12:30 +0000

My daughter is in the same situation.I will also make the disclaimer that Iand my wife are Penn State grads and have a soft spot in our hearts. With that said my daughter is leaning toward Indiana and I fully support here. It comes down to money.

Both have very good honors programs and business schools. Both have good social scenes and nice college town atmosphere. Both are big time college sports school with the edge to PSU on this point. You will most likely get NO aid from Penn State besides a little for the honors college. You should also take into account that Penn State’s tuition for years 3 and 4 is higher than the freshman tuition and is based strictly on credit regardless of how they were. If you have 30 AP or transfer credits and take 30 credits your freshman year you will be paying junior tuition your sophomore year.

If you are good enough you could get another $4-8k/yr at Indiana. The bottom line is Indiana could end up being $60k+ less over 4 years. That is a nice down payment on a house or a really nice car.