<p>Good point, twoinanddone. Iowa/Iowa State would be another example of two flagship-esque schools in one state. Each has different strengths. </p>
<p>university of Maryland College Park is very close to $20K, for tuition, room and board only. That doesn’t include books, or travel expenses, incidentals etc. Its a great deal compared to my other kid’s private school. </p>
<p>The University of Maine at Orono COA is $23,100. (I think that citing tuition only is meaningless, because most students at a state flagship will have to live there.)</p>
<p>LSU is a bit over $20,000 COA. Louisiana also has the state TOPS program that will knock about $6000-7000 off that. </p>
<p>Michigan State is $22,450 (tuition room and board) for freshman, does not meet need, Michigan Competitive Scholarship is capped at $630 per year for public universities. University of Michigan is $23,732 per year (tuition, room and board) and does meet need (Profile), same Michigan Competitive Scholarship cap. </p>
<p>IU is stickered at $19,832 (tuition room and board). The IU Achievement scholarship ranges from $1-8k. Purdue sits at $20,032 for most majors, $22,082 for engineering. At Purdue, the Marquis Scholarship is $2k for those with 40-100k combined incomes; there’s also the Presidential Scholarship of $2-8k (only 1100 disbursed yearly for in and OOS)</p>
<p>In our state (and assume other too)… hs parents often experience sticker shock. They remember the costs of CU / CSU from 1980ish and often don’t realize how much it has gone up. </p>
<p>For tuition, fees, room, board, and books (I did not include personal expenses), the sticker price at KU is approximately 20K per year. K-State is approximately 18K. </p>
<p>University of Tennessee’s sticker price is $28,790. My DS applied for Fall '11 admission, with a 3.9 GPA and a 34 ACT. He was accepted, and given exactly $0 in merit money. My daughter will not even apply. </p>
<p>This is interesting - thanks everyone for your posts. Some states are a relative bargain - others definitely not. My curiosity was aroused when I saw several posts where parents told their children they would pay the cost of the state flagship, but anything over that was the student’s responsibility. That would not have worked for us, as our state flagship is out of range for us without significant debt.</p>
<p>@momofthreeboys The CoA of UMich is around $27k-$28k depending on the programs for lowerclassmen and $28k-$32k for upperclassmen including tuition, fee, boarding, and around $3k for books/other expenses. These are the figures for 2014-2015. The number you quoted is only for the lowest possible tuition+boarding of LSA lowerclassmen. Also, the Michigan Competitive scholarship is $676 this year but it is only for students with need.</p>
<p>I did not use COA, only tuition and room and board for freshman for both MSU and UofM</p>
<p>This info is on the UGs web sites if anybody wants to do anlysis.
I have not idea of the top of my head as we were looking for the full tuition Merit award and we did not check the cost with the exception of Merit awards not being full tuition.
If state publics are expensive, there are some privates (at least one in our state, that seems to be popular with the California kids) that offer much more in Merit awards than most publics in our state.<br>
You may check few privates, they may beat publics in Merit awards offerrings.
In regard to books and supplies, buy them on-line. Go to the book store on campus first, take picture / wirte down editions of required books and them look for them on half.com and others. </p>
<p>Miami…again…read the thread. You live in Ohio. This person wants to know the cost of attendance at Ohio State which is YOUR state flagship. And your daughter’s merit award has nothing to do with the posted question.</p>
<p>Total COA at Miami looks to be around $30K for Ohioans, while OSU’s tuition is a bit less, as it always has been, so that full COA probably comes in around $28K. Back in the days when OSU was open enrollment, Miami and Ohio U both were thought to be well worth the extra money, but unfortunately the state has starved the non-football factory schools to feed the beast in Columbus, and I gather that’s less true than it used to be. </p>
<p><a href=“http://undergrad.osu.edu/money-matters/tuition-and-fees.html”>http://undergrad.osu.edu/money-matters/tuition-and-fees.html</a>
<a href=“Costs, Scholarships, and Financial Aid | Miami University”>Costs, Scholarships, and Financial Aid | Miami University;
<p>SUNY - I got this off Binghamton’s site. </p>
<p>COA (room, board & fees) $22,543</p>
<p>While we don’t have a dedicated Flagship, people in NY think of Binghamton & Buffalo as the top universities in NYS. I’m in upstate and there is very little talk about Stony Brook but people downstate may think of it the same as Bing & Buff. </p>
<p>Geneseo is considered the top small state school - our public LAC. </p>
<p>I think most SUNY’s are about the same cost except the State parts of Cornell </p>
<p>The State parts of Cornell is where many of the top students aspire to go if finances are somewhat a concern. Tuition, R&B is approx $38K </p>
<p>I also think that the new SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering is going to become a school which will attract a lot of the top STEM students in NYS. </p>
<p>Frankly, I don’t think it is that big a deal we don’t have a “Flagship” There is a college or university in the state system to meet every type of student’s need, imo. </p>
<p>The interesting thing is that states do the splits differently for tuition / fees. CO seems to have more and more fees in the mix. I heard that MA has a full tuition scholarship for top students, but fees (and of course room/board) still add up. </p>
<p>UCONN in-state is about $29,000. Like other flagships, they are fairly stingy with the financial aid - I think if you are 1 or 2 in your class, you can get tuition covered. And if you’re a great basketball player, you’re golden! </p>
<p>We also have directional universities, the most expensive one comes in around $23,000. </p>
<p>@GertrudeMcFuzz you are basing everything off of Berkeley when California has about 30 public universities sprinkled about the state. Not all “flagships” but many ranked as highly as some other state’s flagships. Many kids could attend a local school and live at home. That is what you do when the public flagship is out of reach financially. The CSU system is more in the early 20K range for sleep away (under 10 if they live at home.) Other UC’s are a little cheaper due to not being in one of the most expensive areas in the nation (and more like 15K if they live at home.) With financial aid, a good chance of their being a local university and one of the best community college systems in the country… there are a lot of ways for Californians to get an education. Don’t get me wrong, I feel there is a lot of financial waste in the system and the cost of college is both frustrating and overwhelming… I just think you are trying to compare apples to oranges a bit. There are so many factors to why a public university in one state is more expensive than a state over. You also have to consider financial aid possibility which is rather high in California. </p>
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@SomeOldGuy I would have to take issue with this. What OH has done is to consolidate some programs to keep from diluting the offerings. You can get some great engineering at Wright-State, education or journalism at Ohio U, etc. It varies by subject. But OSU and Miami are probably the best over all.</p>