<p>I REALLY want to go OOS for college which means costs is a MAJOR factor. Say I get accepted to an OOS school. I want to know how much financial aid would be acceptable, besides a full ride of course. I mean I can get accepted to OOS all I want but if I can’t afford it in the end then I’m stuck in-state. How much debt could I handle after undergrad if I would make a nuclear engineers salary, which is about 60k, after college? Or maybe the better question is what is the average amount of debt for an engineer coming out of college?</p>
<p>I’d suggest sticking with in-state…for undergrad this is smart. Just think with the money you save you can pick your choice of fancy expensive grad schools as long as your grades are good.</p>
<p>Typical rule of thumb I’ve heard from forbes is don’t graduate with more debt than you make for starting salary. </p>
<p>Another comment, you may get more financial aid from oos privates than publics…</p>
<p>My son visited a research reactor last week and he said that it was a very cool experience. That said, the enrollment levels for nuclear engineering are so low that I’m surprised that they still run the program - maybe the presence of the research reactor requires them to run the program.</p>
<p>What you might do is contact the departments at the schools that you are interested in to ask them what your chances are for aid/scholarships. The other popular approach is to go into the parents forum, post your stats and ask for schools which would provide substantial financial and merit aid.</p>
<p>Very good points. thx</p>