Most affordable T25 College

cptofthehouse
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:06:11 +0000

$73450 is what Princeton says. With $3500 in discretionary expenses but no travel estimate in there. No idea if Eating Clubs covered in the Board figures.

Princeton is less than 2 hours away for us, so travel costs would be low. Also, a lot of home resources can be used instead of bought new.

Vanderbilt comes in a bit lower but engineering majors there have substantial additional fees. For us, having a kid there would mean flights. DH and I would want to drop him off there so that’s 2 1/2 round trip tickets right there. 2 more if we choose to return for parents weekend. Also, at least a night at a hotel and car rental each trip. For that first year, I’d want kid back for Thanksgiving and Christmas as well. So add that to the costs. Not to mention trips to Target and Walmart to buy stuff we didn’t hail from home. Easily $4k right there. I figure dinner out would be comparable anywhere. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/financialaid/costs.php is link to Vanderbilt costs for 2019-20.

I see where UCh is getting some of its merit money.