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How much did/is college costing you guys?
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I'm a college professor who did their time in college long ago (when tuition was relatively reasonable). My hat's off to all of you who are so dedicated to learning that you are willing to spend this kind of money on your education.
My student debt stood at £12k when I graduated. Not so bad really for what I've got out of it. I earn considerably more than I would be doing without my degree so it is paying for itself.
whether or not we are dedicated to learning, we don't really have much choice but to go to college nowadays...
£800 a year at the Open University. Not at all bad value judging by what some of you are paying.
Heh... sounds familiar.Lets see. Tuition is about 1500 per year, which is about $2200. Should be completely my studies by late feb 2008. So 4.5 years total = 6750.
Quite a bargain if you consider that my uni is ranked amongst top business schools in Europe!
Government pays almost all of the tuition here, but then again we get hammered by all the taxes here.
I'm from Belgium and in my case it costs 500 a year plus around 500 more for books and other costs. So that makes 5000 for a 5 year master degree in chemistry.
Yes, we have one of the highest tax rates in the world (21% VAT for example), but now you see where all that money is going to...
I might like to point out most of the numbers be people are giving out includes cost of room and board.
For me going to a Texas Tech it been costing my parents around $15k/year for what will 4.5 years this Christmas when I get my degree (22 days left) I want to say turation and fees is a little under 7k a year. I honestly do not know.
A cost being left out are a lot of little things that a lot of us are having covered like our phone, heath and other insurances.
For me going to a Texas Tech it been costing my parents around $15k/year for what will 4.5 years this Christmas when I get my degree (22 days left) I want to say turation and fees is a little under 7k a year. I honestly do not know.
A cost being left out are a lot of little things that a lot of us are having covered like our phone, heath and other insurances.
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I went for a technical degree and working on my associates from a small star supported tech school. In the end if you count books I am looking at $12,000. however if I advance I will be in debt maybe another $20,000 or so.
I went for a technical degree and working on my associates from a small star supported tech school. In the end if you count books I am looking at $12,000. however if I advance I will be in debt maybe another $20,000 or so.
I've never known anybody pay more for sixth form than university lol
UNDERGRAD
private small-med. size school in Boston with great faculty-student ratio:
$39,000 for first year, costs $47,000/yr by senior year (including room+board)
I paid anywhere between $0-$10k/yr from my own pocket (not my parents), got scholarships and took out loans for the rest (or all one year) and have < $20,000 in loans.
Totally worth it because the experience changed my life. Previously I had planned on doing law school (@ $60k/yr for 3 years) or business school (@ $80k/yr for 2 years) but now I'm perfectly happy abroad, poor, and teaching English.
It's not overpriced. You get what you pay for. I studied for one year in Tübingen and tried to enroll at LMU in Munich this past semester (didn't because of stupid gesetztliche versicherung clause - I'm privately insured right now) and there are just some things about the German higher education system that turned me off. When I was in Tübingen, I thought it'd be cool to come back and do a masters here. But I'd rather not.
The faculty to student ratio is horrible and I find that everything takes longer here. I'd rather pay a lot of $$, get to know my professors, and finish while I'm still young enough to have a life.
I know someone who studies Tiermedizin (veterinary medicine) and she said you study for 5 semesters without so much as touching an animal and in lecture, there's 500 students in one hall and one dog. And this is at LMU, one of the elite universities in Germany. No thanks. If you paid for your education, you'd see a dog in your first semester and probably work with it before you even got to touch it in Germany.
It's not just subsidized education. Public education as a whole in Germany anyway (can't speak for Austria) has major financial issues and also quality issues, hence this whole reform business currently happening.
private small-med. size school in Boston with great faculty-student ratio:
$39,000 for first year, costs $47,000/yr by senior year (including room+board)
I paid anywhere between $0-$10k/yr from my own pocket (not my parents), got scholarships and took out loans for the rest (or all one year) and have < $20,000 in loans.
Totally worth it because the experience changed my life. Previously I had planned on doing law school (@ $60k/yr for 3 years) or business school (@ $80k/yr for 2 years) but now I'm perfectly happy abroad, poor, and teaching English.
It's not overpriced. You get what you pay for. I studied for one year in Tübingen and tried to enroll at LMU in Munich this past semester (didn't because of stupid gesetztliche versicherung clause - I'm privately insured right now) and there are just some things about the German higher education system that turned me off. When I was in Tübingen, I thought it'd be cool to come back and do a masters here. But I'd rather not.
The faculty to student ratio is horrible and I find that everything takes longer here. I'd rather pay a lot of $$, get to know my professors, and finish while I'm still young enough to have a life.
I know someone who studies Tiermedizin (veterinary medicine) and she said you study for 5 semesters without so much as touching an animal and in lecture, there's 500 students in one hall and one dog. And this is at LMU, one of the elite universities in Germany. No thanks. If you paid for your education, you'd see a dog in your first semester and probably work with it before you even got to touch it in Germany.
It's not just subsidized education. Public education as a whole in Germany anyway (can't speak for Austria) has major financial issues and also quality issues, hence this whole reform business currently happening.
Cost comparisons don't count if you can go back to when Ben Franklin was on the lecture circuit.
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Poli Sci for me---then off to law school
ahh should have known. thats awesome. i had to get away from the parents. cal too close
But I love the Bay Area.
The only other place I could tolerate going to school would probably be NYC.
Brick-and-mortar universities are so last century.
I am taking my Bachelor of Arts in Social Science to become a secondary Social Science teacher with Western Governors University (WGU) at http://www.wgu.edu/. They have more accreditation that many top physical universities. They are also the ONLY online university to have undergraduate teacher licensure programs, and to be accredited by NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education).
Everything is done online with the exception of the Demonstration Teaching phase (student teaching). That is done in a classroom and you are there from the time the school opens until they close. This is more demanding than the student teaching programs from many physical universities.
Tuition? $2800 for a six month term. You can take as many credit hours as you want (minimum 12 for financial aid). I am taking 23 this term. Whew! Also, WGU is the first university to introduce the concept of competency in all courses, even ones that are not part of your major. WGU has defined competency as a B or 3.00 on the GPA scale. Get anything less than that and you FAIL. You will only see a PASS or FAIL on all transcripts. So as you can see, their standards are VERY high.
The nice thing about going to a virtual university - you can work full time and study at home in your underwear. LOL
I am taking my Bachelor of Arts in Social Science to become a secondary Social Science teacher with Western Governors University (WGU) at http://www.wgu.edu/. They have more accreditation that many top physical universities. They are also the ONLY online university to have undergraduate teacher licensure programs, and to be accredited by NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education).
Everything is done online with the exception of the Demonstration Teaching phase (student teaching). That is done in a classroom and you are there from the time the school opens until they close. This is more demanding than the student teaching programs from many physical universities.
Tuition? $2800 for a six month term. You can take as many credit hours as you want (minimum 12 for financial aid). I am taking 23 this term. Whew! Also, WGU is the first university to introduce the concept of competency in all courses, even ones that are not part of your major. WGU has defined competency as a B or 3.00 on the GPA scale. Get anything less than that and you FAIL. You will only see a PASS or FAIL on all transcripts. So as you can see, their standards are VERY high.
The nice thing about going to a virtual university - you can work full time and study at home in your underwear. LOL
Brick-and-mortar universities are so last century.
I disagree. I learn much better when I'm in a class. Online classes just don't do it for me.
I think I'd prefer the technology of the last century when it comes to learning.
Brick-and-mortar universities are so last century.
I am taking my Bachelor of Arts in Social Science to become a secondary Social Science teacher with Western Governors University (WGU) at http://www.wgu.edu/. They have more accreditation that many top physical universities. They are also the ONLY online university to have undergraduate teacher licensure programs, and to be accredited by NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education).
Everything is done online with the exception of the Demonstration Teaching phase (student teaching). That is done in a classroom and you are there from the time the school opens until they close. This is more demanding than the student teaching programs from many physical universities.
Tuition? $2800 for a six month term. You can take as many credit hours as you want (minimum 12 for financial aid). I am taking 23 this term. Whew! Also, WGU is the first university to introduce the concept of competency in all courses, even ones that are not part of your major. WGU has defined competency as a B or 3.00 on the GPA scale. Get anything less than that and you FAIL. You will only see a PASS or FAIL on all transcripts. So as you can see, their standards are VERY high.
The nice thing about going to a virtual university - you can work full time and study in your underwear. LOL
you are funny. That wanna be school does not have very many accredited program and I might like to point out it will not be a very well respect degree. I have a feeling it have about as much respect as MIT (those annoying ads we have all seen on TV)
also requiring a B does not say much on their standards. The fact that they charge so little and you can take 23 hours with out being in pain says loads. Also with the completely lack of a anything but pass fail also makes me question their accreditation. If I was hiring some one and I saw a degree from there yes I would throw the application in the trash.
Basically per semester I have to work 6 months. I am tied into work. I can not quit within that time, but hey work pays 100% so it's worth it.
Tuition ranges anywhere from $1,500 to $1,900 a semester for me and I usually spend about $500 on books, but I had to spend about $800 on them this semester. I don't have to pay tuition at any state run college in Kentucky though since my dad was a veteran of the US army