@jdcollegedad thanks.
@HankCT if she wants to major in asian studies and possibly also take an asian language then she is very much able to campus change to storrs in one semester!
UConn posted the Federal shopping sheet under financial aid tab today. Estimated direct cost is 54146, less 18500 in scholarships, 5500 in Federal guar. loans leaves an out-of-pocket of 30,146. That’s roughly 5k more per year than UVM and UDel for us, 10K more than UNH and 13k more than TCNJ (IS). Our cutoff was 30k, which would be further strained by the aggressive tuition increases. We might eliminate UConn.
@jdcollegedad thanks for pointing that out. It’s much higher than the link you posted yesterday https://financialaid.uconn.edu/cost/ Tuition and fees are the same, but room and board higher. Considering the website link says room is for a standard double and board is for the value plan, which looks to be what most people would get, is this new number just flat out that might higher or is it not apples to apples still?
On the NE Tuition pact - just note that if you receive any merit, that is subtracted from the regional award. As an example, my DD was accepted to UMass with merit for OOS. Even if her major was part of the regional for CT residents, the merit was more than the regional discount, so she wouldn’t get a penny of that regional tuition break. UMass offers about 7K as part of the NE pact. But if you already had 7K in merit, you get nothing but the 7K.
Will the Tuition pact be reflected once we receive financial aid package? I’m thinking maybe that’s why my daughter’s OOS merit scholarship was less than expected /less than other students’ given her stats. Her major is one that qualifies for the NE tuition break, and the merit scholarship is less than the tuition discount would be.
@lexluthor5 There were several charts on that link for costs. The shopping list matches the table for Storrs campus. It wasn’t apparent to me when I first looked at the page. With the aggressive price increases, UConn’s OOS direct costs and merit scholarships are in line with many of the other state flagships. But the other colleges, such as UDel, UVM and UNH also offer need-based grants to OOS, making UConn on the higher side for students with need not covered by merit scholarships. On the positive side, UConn hasn’t moved to differential pricing for nursing and engineering like UDel and Pitt have.
So the “shopping list” came out… is that financial aid? or will there still be changes made to it?
@jdcollegedad where is the shopping sheet. Are you OOS? We are comparing the exact same schools as you. We are NYS.
@jdcollegedad I see that at the link now. Confusing. So UCONN went from $50972 to $54146 in 1 year? That’s over a 6% increase. How is it possible that they would raise rates over 6% in one year?
The risk of UCONN raising 6% a year during her stay would probably eliminate UCONN immediately for us. Senior year would be over $64K at that pace.
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I’m looking here
https://financialaid.uconn.edu/cost/
and seeing a 12.1% increase for instate based on 2018-19 vs. 2019-20 (+$3,800) and a 7.4% increase for out of state (+$4,000). They’re providing estimates and including things like health insurance but it’s all there for the looking. I don’t think they’ve left anything out. It’s perhaps an overly pessimistic albeit realistic take on the year to year increase. Does anyone here think my math is wrong or I shouldn’t be basing decisions on what’s showing on this link? I’d actually like my student to take a gap year but who can afford it with these increases?
This is a big jump. I’m not from CT but I was hearing that CT had budget issues and that’s why the tuitions might go up.
@HSinLI We are OOS from NJ. The financial aid shopping sheet is a new link under financial aid tab. The financial aid status page just became visible with the actual award. Our award shows the merit scholarship, Federal loans and a generous “Fed Parent Loan” (why they include that in our award is beyond me). For us, that leaves UConn at the outer limit of our budget and more than our alternatives. If my D likes UDel, we are likely to eliminate UConn from consideration.
It appears that in Dec. 2015 UConn approved a 31% tuition hike for IS over four years through 2019-20 at 7% per year. For OOS, the increase was 13.7% at 3% per year. Fees, room and board were separate. Total cost was $47k in 2015 OOS vs. $54k for next year.
http://www.courant.com/education/hc-uconn-trustees-tuition-1215-20151216-story.html
It appears that UConn voted in June 2018 not to increase tuition further beyond the current 4-year plan. However, the article below states that there is a projected budget deficit of $28 million for this year and $63 million after 2019-20 due to decreased state support. I can’t see how there won’t be further increases in the future to cover costs. And the freeze did not cover other costs.
https://fox61.com/2018/06/28/uconn-votes-to-not-increase-tution-outside-current-four-year-plan/
The fee charge is large. What does one get for that $?
So our FA notice basically says we are eligible for 58K in loans…crazy!! And why 58 when that’s more than it costs…peace out uconn!!!
@beachmama1 The 58K includes indirect costs in the amount that can be borrowed through student and PLUS loans. At full cost, I can understand why you would cross UConn off your list. For us the 18.5k in merit makes UConn attractive compared to a lot of colleges, but still 5-10k more expensive than comparable state flagships and some privates.
What colleges are on your short list?
@jcollegedad my S applied to 7 accepted to 6
Udel gave him 8k
Uri gave him 6k
The rest…he got nothing
i got my financial aid from uconn, its literally loans only
now how do i decline my admission?
DD was accepted to biological sciences with 18.5K merit. OOS
She will decline admission to go to UMass Nursing program