Pros and Cons of attending VU

Colleges & Universities Villanova University
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<p>To beat a dead horse:( (please refer to my previous post #32)</p>

<p>Your complaint is a universal issue in higher education.There are HUNDREDS of colleges where COA is over 45k per year before aid.Villanova is number 83 on the list !</p>

<p>Good luck with your debt , you’ve made your point bitterly.</p>

<p>Now please go do something productive.</p>

<p>Cost = Tuition + Room and Board</p>

<p>College Cost '09-'10 Rank Change

  1. Sarah Lawrence College $56,420 1 -
  2. New York University $53,589 2 -
  3. Wesleyan University $53,406 11 +8
  4. Harvey Mudd College $53,331 9 +5
  5. Bates College $53,300 4 -1
  6. Johns Hopkins University $53,190 6 -
  7. Connecticut College $53,110 8 +1
  8. Claremont McKenna College $52,995 12 +4
  9. The George Washington University $52,980 3 -6
  10. Scripps College $52,686 23 +13
  11. Bard College $52,650 19 +8
  12. Vassar College $52,640 10 -2
  13. Bard College at Simon’s Rock $52,610 22 +9
  14. Haverford College $52,606 15 +1
  15. Georgetown University $52,526 7 -8
  16. Bowdoin College $52,465 16 -
  17. Eugene Lang College $52,440 41 +24
  18. Duke University $52,405 27 +9
  19. University of Chicago $52,341 28 +9
  20. Union College (NY) $52,329 35 +15
  21. Carnegie Mellon University $52,250 14 -7
  22. Oberlin College $52,244 30 +8
  23. Fordham University - Lincoln Center $52,159 47 +24
  24. Middlebury College $52,120 17 -7
  25. Cornell University $52,100 32 +7
  26. Williams College $52,096 48 +22
  27. Northwestern University $52,080 43 +16
  28. Bucknell University $52,050 33 +5
  29. Fordham University - Rose Hill $52,036 53 +24
  30. Franklin & Marshall College $52,010 21 -9
  31. Vanderbilt University $52,010 26 -4
  32. Colby College $51,990 25 -7
  33. Boston College $51,962 20 -13
  34. Tufts University $51,932 29 -5
  35. Washington University in St. Louis $51,918 38 +3
  36. Babson College $51,916 24 -12
  37. Carleton College $51,882 36 -1
  38. Mount Holyoke College $51,850 18 -20
  39. University of Southern California $51,842 34 -5
  40. Bennington College $51,830 40 -
  41. Barnard College $51,818 58 +17
  42. Dartmouth College $51,816 36 -6
  43. St. John’s College $51,776 51 +8
  44. Colgate University $51,775 13 -31
  45. Columbia University $51,730 54 +9
  46. Wellesley College $51,704 50 +4
  47. Smith College $51,640 31 -16
  48. Dickinson College $51,600 38 -10
  49. Reed College $51,590 45 -4
  50. Boston University $51,574 44 -6
  51. St. Lawrence University $51,520 46 -5
  52. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering $51,500 49 -3
  53. Trinity College (CT) $51,370 56 +3
  54. Hamilton College $51,350 55 +1
  55. Skidmore College $51,336 5 -50
  56. Hampshire College $51,279 52 -4
  57. Occidental College $51,230 72 +15
  58. Swarthmore College $51,160 61 +3
  59. Stevens Institute of Technology $51,130 42 -17
  60. Drexel University $51,125 57 -3
  61. University of Rochester $51,120 67 +6
  62. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $51,065 62 -
  63. Hobart and William Smith College $51,050 64 +1
  64. Pomona College $51,023 59 -5
  65. Chapman University $51,010 63 -2
  66. Wheaton College (MA) $50,970 65 -1
  67. Gettysburg College $50,880 84 +17
  68. Bryn Mawr College $50,840 66 -2
  69. Amherst College $50,820 78 +9
  70. Lafayette College $50,769 60 -10
  71. Brandeis University $50,596 80 +9
  72. Stanford University $50,576 70 -2
  73. Wake Forest University $50,554 75 +2
  74. Brown University $50,468 81 +7
  75. University of Richmond $50,420 77 +2
  76. Providence College $50,390 NR -
  77. Pepperdine University $50,350 74 -3
  78. University of Notre Dame $50,282 69 -9
  79. College of the Holy Cross $50,270 71 -8
  80. Fairfield University $50,190 82 +2
  81. MIT $50,174 68 -13
  82. Lehigh University $50,000 76 -6
  83. Villanova University $49,990 72 -11
  84. Yale University $49,800 89 +5
  85. Emory University $49,798 79 -6
  86. Washington and Lee University $49,743 94 +8
  87. Ursinus College $49,700 86 -1
  88. Worcester Polytechnic Institute $49,680 85 -3
  89. American University $49,610 91 +2
  90. University of San Diego $49,552 83 -7
  91. Drew University $49,537 87 -4
  92. Pitzer College $49,470 92 -
  93. Rollins College $49,400 88 -5
  94. Santa Clara University $49,110 90 -4
  95. Macalester College $48,924 97 +2
  96. Kenyon College $48,920 95 -1
  97. Case Western Reserve $48,700 101 +4
  98. Northeastern University $48,670 100 +2
  99. Loyola University Maryland $48,600 93 -6
  100. Princeton University $48,580 96 -4</p>