What is a normal college tuition?

You’re going to a private school? That’s not uncommon.

That is a lot of money however you look at it. Community College would be 5–7 thousand per two semesters, so around 20% of your tuition. I also happen to know that Auburn University is around 8 thousand per semester; so, still 10 thousand less than yours. I suppose this high cost can be explained; you must be attending a major university or private school?

In 2010, the average college tuition for a four year public school was about 15,000 a year. For a private, it was 32,000. For a two year, or a community college, it was 8,000. I would say that your tuition isn’t extremely insane, just moderately insane.

It’s a private school. I had 11,000 scholarship.

The private school that my youngest son want’s to attend is approximately $40,000 a year.
The community college that my other son will be attending this fall is approximately $6,000 a year.

Some private schools (i.e. Boston College, Rutgers) will run you 40k and more. 25k is not the worst. Not saying it’s not a big chunk of change, but it’s not as bad as it could be.

46$ per unit in California community colleges. SDSU is about 4900$ per semester. As far as I’m concerned it’s not really the degree you’re paying for so much as it is about your individual resume, and the connections you’ll make at your school. Best of luck!

@minnie19: Is that $10,000 all grant money, or is part of it a loan and work/study? If all scholarship, consider yourself very lucky.

Information about college costs, at all levels, is as available as today’s weather. You surely can’t be surprised?

What state is this school in?

@minnie19: I see from an earlier question that you are already attending college. You must have known about tuition and financial aid before you matriculated?

Costs vary widely. The private school my daughter wanted to attend costs nearly 60k per year. Even with the best scholarship they have (which she got), we’d have been paying 30k per year. No way could we afford that, so she’s going to a state school, instead.

Check out public liberal arts colleges for good small private education like experiences on public school type tuitions. [coplac]

Not insane. Could be an excellent value, depending on the school. Of course, some schools cost a good deal more than that—except no one who gets in pays that much. If you get into Princeton, you get a full scholarship, for example.

I used to go to a technical school that costed about $6K per year. Currently, I’m paying about $10K per year at a state university, while my friend who just graduated was attending a private school for $27K per year. Both are in the same state. So, since it’s private, that sounds about right. You could save a lot of money by going to a public school, but if your heart is in the other one and you can afford it, go for it.

Just make sure you consider loans and all of that. If you’re getting $11K in scholarships and grants (not loans), then will you be taking out loans for the rest? Will you get that amount in scholarships for all four years? If so, your debt would be the same as it would if you were goin to a state school with no scholarships. Average debt after college is $25K. That’s what mine will be. My friend, though, is closer to $50K. Her monthly payments are high and she hasn’t found a job yet. Just someting to think about.