<p>high price point for psu? in state or out? i think they did have a pretty large increase within the last 3 years, but its still pretty cheap in-state compared to Rutgers, which is one the, if not the, most expensive public.</p>
<p>I compared Penn St. vs. Rutgers on the nces.ed.gov site. For both in-state and out-of-state, COA on campus, Penn St is more expensive. Penn St is very expensive, but Rutgers sure isn’t cheap either.</p>
<p>Bard College also offers a plan where you can pay for all 4 years upfront at the current year’s tuition rate.</p>
<p>Hiram College guarantees that students’ tuition costs stay the same as their freshman year.</p>
<p>Boston College</p>
<p>^proof? seems highly unlikely.</p>
<p>how do i post</p>
<p>I believe Anna Maria College in Paxton does, but I’m not totally sure…</p>
<p>1stcolldad - For what it’s worth, GW used to (in the early 1980’s) have the lowest tuition of any private college in DC. Due to the amount of profits they made on their commercial real estate and other endowment assets, their tuition was approx. 35% below Georgetown and American U. Then, they realised that the school was seen as less selective because the tuition was lower, so they increased the tuition when I was there by (cumulative) over 50% in 1983 and 1984 to get it up to GU’s level! Pretty crazy and sleazy.</p>
<p>Bard College’s plan where you can pay upfront for all four years–what a bargain!
I wonder how many people could afford to do this? It’s only an advantage to the super rich it seems!</p>
<p>I’m not sure of tuition at bard, but if it is, say, around 40k for the tuition alone–yeah, I have no trouble writing that 160k check!</p>
<p>Someone mentioned that all state universities in Illinois have frozen tuitions for 4 years (I actually think it can be 5 years …) but then the schools were not put in the list.</p>
<p>This includes</p>
<p>UI Urbana-Champaign
UI Chicago
Illinois State University
Northern Illinois University
Southern Illinois University</p>
<p>Eastern Illinois
Western Illinois</p>
<p>What happens if you pay up-front, then your child drops out/flunks out? How much do you get back? Or goes part time? WAYYYY too risky.</p>
<p>Paying up front is going to vary from school to school, but the agreements I’ve seen say that the prepaid tuition will be refunded if the student leaves the school. That includes a refund if the student will study abroad for a semester or year.</p>
<p>An article I found::</p>
<p>"Recent developments in Texas and Arizona are shining light on similar truth-in-tuition options. A Republican State Senator in Texas has proposed legislation that would guarantee freshmen the same tuition rate for four years. Arizona State University just announced a pilot program that will allow freshmen to lock in a four-year tuition rate. </p>
<p>Frankly, “truth-in-tuition” action by states and universities is not new. Illinois has a truth-in-tuition law. Individual colleges, such as George Washington University, Baylor, Central Michigan University, and The University of Minnesota, have fixed four year tuition rates. "</p>
<p>OK, so that adds University of Minnesota, Central Michigan, Baylor, and maybe Texas?? to the list. At UIUC, it is not the LAW that OOS students have fixed tuition, but the Illinois schools do at present have fixed OOS tuition as well.</p>
<p>Colgate University (for internationals, no info if this applies to domestic)
George Washington University
Northern Arizona University
University of Colorado-Boulder (just OOS students)
University of Illinois-UIUC
University of Illinois-UIC
Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern Illinois
Illinois State University
University of Kansas
University of Oklahoma
UT Dallas
Rice University
Western Oregon University
University of Minnesota
Baylor
Central Michigan
Hiram College (?)
Arizona State University?
Niagara University
St. Johns in Queens (as an option…but you pay more than others 1st 2 years)
DePaul University
american University</p>
<p>Keep the 4 year pay upfront out of the equation. Most people can’t do this.</p>
<p>@EricLG, thank you for posting that link. I have a daughter starting as a freshman next year at a participating private college; to be able to get her senior year tuition at today’s rate is very intriguing!</p>
<p>American University
Arizona State University?
Baylor
Central Michigan
Colgate University (for internationals, no info if this applies to domestic)
DePaul University
George Washington University
Hiram College (?)
Illinois State University
Niagara University
Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern Illinois
Northern Arizona University
Rice University
St. Johns in Queens (as an option…but you pay more than others 1st 2 years)
University of Colorado-Boulder (just OOS students)
University of Illinois-UIUC
University of Illinois-UIC
University of Kansas
University of Minnesota
University of Oklahoma
UT Dallas
Western Oregon University</p>
<p>Be warned about the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. It has some of the highest fees I’ve ever seen (in the thousands) – and those DO NOT freeze.
I would like to see the proof that DePaul or Boston College do this, as well. I have never heard that DePaul does this.</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>Please explain? I’m going to attend UIUC and would like to know whether or not I will pay $45000 per year or more as you say</p>
<p>boramk --Not sure if your question was directed to me or not, or what your question actually is. Here is the info on UIUC tuition and rates, readily available on the website. If you are a non-resident with no aid, then yes, your total can come to more than $40,000. Looking at these charts, I see that I may have been mistaken. The fees don’t seem to have gone up for the last year or two. But they still total over 3,300 which in my opinion makes the tuition rate itself misleading. And the fees COULD go up. They are not included in the tuition guarantee.</p>
<p>[University</a> of Illinois Financial Aid: Undergraduate Non-Resident 2010-2011 Cost](<a href=“http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/cost/undergrad/nonres_1112.html]University”>http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/cost/undergrad/nonres_1112.html)</p>
<p>[University</a> of Illinois Financial Aid: Undergraduate Resident 2010-2011 Cost](<a href=“http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/cost/undergrad/res_1112.html]University”>http://www.osfa.uiuc.edu/cost/undergrad/res_1112.html)</p>