Manhattanville, St. John's, or SUNY Purchase?

RoaringMice
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:40:46 +0000

It’s not about how much the schools are offering you in aid. It’s about how much in loans you’d need to take out for each school. So find out what the total costs of attendance is for each one. Subtract any non-loan financial aid the school offered to you. Then you’ll get an idea of how much in loans each one might require. Use that in your decision.

For example, both schools might have given you $10k in non-loan aid. But if Manhattanville costs $55k per year, and Purchase costs $25k per year, you can see the difference.

That said, Purchase is a stronger art school. Manhattanville isn’t bad, but Purchase is stronger. If they’re also cheaper for you, they’d be a good choice.