<p>“Specific to your situation, 1992, have you been awarded any merit aid, esp. the $4260/year available to many OOS students? I ask because it seems like during my visits to Iowa you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a dozen suburban Chicago prospects and/or parents. Their common story is that Iowa is generally the same or cheaper than Urbana-Champaign for them. As Illinois residents. Huh? How this can be I have no idea but that’s what I’m hearing. Of course, it all comes down to individual circumstances, and maybe those families garnered more merit aid at Iowa than they did at home.”</p>
<p>Beastman, UIUC is currently about $31,000. I haven’t received any letter of merit aid, or award summary at this time. I am of course hoping to. I was just saying that people where I live do look at Iowa as a great school. But if you compare the cost of Iowa vs, let’s say Illinois State University, it’s about a $12,000 a year difference. So when parents look at that difference, it turns them away from Iowa. With that said, the cost of UIUC turns off a lot of parents where I live also. I personally think the OOS cost at Iowa is not bad compared to OSU, when I received their cost of attendance it was about $43,000. And I guess it makes a difference what your major is too. I know a few girls by me who wanted to go to Iowa for Nursing, but their parents are sending them to ISU(Illinois), at the end of the day a BSN degree is still the same from either school.
But yes, Iowa’s cost compared to UIUC is not too bad. Hopefully I get the $4260 your talking about!</p>