Community colleges are not free. Higher education in the states is very pricey. We are US citizens but currently reside in Germany, which means we do not get "in state" tuition anywhere. DD16 will be heading back to the US for college in just over 2 years. It looks like, at beast, for full room, board and tuition and a state school we will pay around $25000 for a year. Some of the private liberal arts colleges she is looking at would run about $60,000.
Wow! That's insane!! $60,000
auch! And I thought that $20,000 were alot of money.
$20,000 is accurate for a state college.
My DS is a freshman in one of our in state colleges. He receives a lower rate because he is a resident of the state the college is in.
His tuition, course fees, housing and meal plan (notice no books) was $7512 for the fall semester--August to December. He had scholarships to cover that plus expenses. As you have read earlier, scholarships are becoming very difficult. He's very fortunate to have been able to receive what he has.
I am not sure what the out of state rate would be for our state colleges. This is probably on the low end of middle of the scale price for colleges. I haven't looked into community college recently, so I don't know what those rates are.
Okay... Well that is a lot of money. But it is great that he has been lucky enough to get a scholarship.
The $20,000 I would pay is said to be very cheap, because there the school is covering 50% - so the real price is actually $40,000.
But I actually thought it was pretty "easy" to get a scholarship! If you have some good grades and so on. But from reading this thread it seems to be very hard - and something that you would be very lucky to recieve.
I'm in college now (again
). It varies from state to state because some subsidize education to a greater extent than others, but in mine community college costs about $5000 per year for two semesters of a full time courseload. That's tuition, books, and fees but no living expenses. The public universities I'm considering for transfer both run in the neighborhood of $14,000 per year for the same - tuition, books, and fees, not including housing or room & board. Including room & a meal plan, $20,000 per year sounds a little on the low side. I'd guess more like $22-23K.
Hmmm.... The $5,000 seams pretty cheap compared to many of the others. But that must be because it's a community college? Here in Denmark community colleges has a bad reputation. It is said to be very lousy. That the teaching is bad and that it is just low standard. I have no idea if that's true - guess not!
I just feel very lucky that I am from Denmark.
Education is free and you don't have to speculate about saving to get a good education. (Even though we pay ALOT of tax money every year, I still think we are very fortunate - and every one gets a chance, no matter where they grew up. But you really can't compare the US to Denmark - or any other country
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I graduate from High School (gymnasium) this summer and I'm considering to study medicin. If I had lived in the US it would not have been an oppurtunity for me. My mother is a single mother and a teacher. We have never been poor, but I don't think it would have been possible for me nor my mom to pay over $20,000 each year for my education. (Of course I also need to pay for books and a apartment/room, which easily can cost over $10,000/year)
Thanks for replying to my post!
) deter you from speaking your mind...seriously...who cares what anyone else thinks anyway...
Welcome to the DIS boards. There are a lot of miserable people here or people who just want to stir the pot from behind a computer screen. May I suggest that you frequent the Trip Report Boards. People are a lot nicer there. A LOT!
