<p>The announcement came in this afternoon's parent newsletter.</p>
<p>Tuition is going up 4%. Next year tuition, room & board will be $53,160 </p>
<p>University</a> of Rochester Sets Tuition Rates for 2011-12 : University of Rochester News</p>
<p>The professional schools, the nursing school and Eastman will see tuition increases in the 3.9-4.1% range.</p>
<p>Thank you for letting us know. 4% is somewhat high, yet I consider anything above $50,000 as high. Although, I have heard that Rochester gives a decent financial package to most of the accepted students. I’m crossing my fingers for acceptance and fin. aid!
Good luck everyone</p>
<p>I wonder how close the COA estimate of $56,760 used to determine our sons FA award is going to be to the actual COA. $3,600 plus $53,160 equals that $56,760 figure. </p>
<p>Is there anywhere they break down the number?</p>
<p>rowingbound011… I would agree that the cost of a college education is very high, and that 4% seems high at face value, but the national average is actually 6%. The board of trustees actually made a concious decision to lower the annual increase in the cost of tuition.</p>
<p>Numbers, especially percentages, can be very misleading.</p>
<p>For example, according to collegeboard.com, the national average cost for a 4 year public is $11,990 and a private is $27,300. At 6% the actual annual dollar increase works out to be $720 and $1638, respecivelty. U of R’s 4% of $53,160 works out to $2126/year increase!</p>
<p>So, while the percentage increase is smaller - 4 vs. 6 - the actual dollar increase is about 1.3 to 3 times the averages.</p>
<p>Just another way to crunch the numbers.</p>
<p>If you go through the comparable schools, you find very little difference in total costs. Not defending costs, just saying.</p>
<p>My belief, btw, is that one of the very best things the US could do for its future would be to make college much more affordable. That wouldn’t be as simple as increasing scholarships for poorer kids but would require a more general rethinking of how costs are borne in society. We seem, however, to be heading in the opposite direction politically. Since this isn’t a political forum - thank heaven - I won’t say more.</p>
<p>I checked College Board and the numbers are 4 year in-state public $19,388, OOS public $30,916, and private is $39,028 per year. </p>
<p>Plus the “conventional wisdom” is undergrad really isn’t enough anymore-an advanced degree is needed.</p>
<p>It’s really unbelievable and I don’t think ultimately it is sustainable but it is what we have to deal with so we all are figuring out the best way we can handle it.</p>
<p>UR is on the high side but as Lergnom said most comparable schools are in the neighborhood.</p>
<p>So is there anywhere this COA for 2011-2012 is broken down by category?</p>
<p>Here is link of this year. <a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/adminfinance/bursar/PDFs/RCUGFees1011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.rochester.edu/adminfinance/bursar/PDFs/RCUGFees1011.pdf</a></p>
<p>I posted it below in case the link doesn’t work.</p>
<p>Basically just increase tuition by 4% and housing by another 4%</p>
<p>Freshman are in the Room Rent (year) 7,050.00 (semester) 3,525.00 category. </p>
<p>2010-2011 SCHEDULE OF CHARGES for UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
THE COLLEGE: ARTS, SCIENCES, AND ENGINEERING
Annual Charge Per Semester
Tuition $39,480.00 $19,740.00
Activity Fee 250.00 125.00
Health Fee Mandatory 552.00 276.00
Transportation Fee 25.00 12.50
Senior Class Fee 40.00 20.00
Freshman Orientation 1 235.00
Transfer Orientation 1 75.00
Engineering Equipment Fee/
Junior and Senior Engineering Students only
750.00 375.00
CPU Box Fee 50.00 25.00
Monthly Payment Plan Administrative Fee 50.00 25.00
Room Rent 7,050.00 3,525.00
Room Rent Riverview Apartments 2 7,800.00 3,900.00
Room Rent Southside 6,650.00 3,325.00
Housing Social Fee 10.00 5.00
International Student Fee 3 50.00 4
Inactive Status Fee 120.00 60.00
Fall/Spring
Health Insurance 5 1,560.00 650.00/910.00
Per Course
Chemistry Lab Fee 6 $100.00
1 The full amount will be charged in the students first semester of attendance.
2 Only Juniors and Seniors are eligible to live in Riverview Apartments
3 F or J Visa type; rate subject to change.
4 The full amount will be charged in the students first semester of attendance each year.
5 The fall semester cost represents 5 months of coverage; the spring semester cost represents 7 months.
6 A chemistry lab fee of $100.00 per course will be charged for CHM 131, 132, 173, 207, 208, 210, 231, 232 and 234.
DINING PLANS: Per Year Per Semester
Club Meal Plans Meals + Declining
200 Club Meal Plan 4,780.00 1,690.00 + 700.00 = $2,390.00
150 Club Meal Plan 4,590.00 1,470.00 + 825.00 = 2,295.00
100 Club Meal Plan 3,690.00 1,045.00 + 800.00 = 1,845.00
Commuter Club Plan (25) 930.00 240.00 + 225.00 = 465.00
Declining Plans
Platinum 3,510.00 1,755.00
Gold 2,930.00 1,465.00
Silver 1,700.00 850.00
Bronze 1,170.00 585.00
Commuter Declining Plan 960.00 480.00
On Campus Class Requirements/Options: Resident Students (meal plan requirements are assigned by Residential
Group) the minimum requirements are as follows:
Resident Group 1: Susan B. Anthony, Burton, Crosby, Gilbert, Hoeing,
Lovejoy, Tiernan, Fairchild, Kendrick, Munro & Slater
150 Club Meal Plan
Resident Group 2: Anderson, Wilder 100 Club Meal Plan
Resident Group 3: Chambers, Gale Platinum Declining Plan
Resident Group 4: DeKiewiet, Valentine, the Maisonettes, Riverview
Apartments, CLC, Drama House, DU
Silver Declining Plan
Off Campus Requirements: All Students have a minimum requirement of the Commuter Club Plan each semester</p>
<p>Thanks for posting… this is helpful information.</p>