<p>My daughter is only going to be a junior in HS this fall but we are doing research on colleges now. We have her lined up to take several dual credit courses during her senior year so she will have almost 1 whole year of college finished when she graduates high school with an advanced diploma. The plan is for her to go to community college to get an associates degree in liberal arts & sciences and then transfer to a 4 year college. She wants to obtain a bachelors in journalism and but she also wants to go out of state somewhere, anywhere but Virginia. I'm really concerned about the out of state tuition. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>In the northeast, the SUNYs are a little over $12K for tuition. In the Midwest, Utah State is $13K.</p>
<p>So ironic, the grass is always greener… I know kids in MD that would give their eye teeth to go to either UVA or W&M.</p>
<p>My D would give anything to have UVa and William & Mary as her state schools! Check out University of Minnesota - their out of state tuition isn’t all that much more than in-state.</p>
<p>wow…has she visited the schools in VA? It seems a shame to turn down such quality schools at the in-state price.
Anyway, UNC is a good deal out of state.
As someone said SUNY schools are a good deal out of state, but their not comparable in quality to VA state schools!</p>
<p>You will save quite a bit of money if you remain within driving distance. Those holiday airline tickets get very expensive and could get a lot higher before your student graduates.</p>
<p>My D is an OOS Virginian college senior who took an anything but Virginia stance. Lots of good accredited J-schools in places that might have merit discounts for OOS.</p>
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<p>On the list of accredited journalism schools, Univ of Louisiana- Lafayette, Univ of Mississippi, Univ of Nebraska, Univ of Wisc (Osh Kosh & River Falls) are all very affordable. (US News lists them as under 20K oos)</p>
<p>Univ of Wyoming is also affordable oos but, as far as I know, it doesn’t have an accredited journalism program.</p>
<p>Look at:
U of Iowa
U of Indiana
U of Oregon
ASU
U of Arizona</p>
<p>Iowa State</p>
<p>University of Missouri and University of Kansas both have great journalism schools, but I don’t know tuition rates.</p>
<p>A number of kids from our HS in NoVa go to University of South Carolina and West Virginia. Both have had good deals.</p>
<p>Case Western offers very impressive Merit packages. In-state does not matter, since it is private.</p>
<p>Do not be so sure that dual credit courses will be considered for credit at her college. If the high school considers them as part of her high school curriculum, many schools will not give credit, so she won’t have almost a year of college done.</p>
<p>Look at the requirements very carefully.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who has replied. All really good advice. As for the dual credit courses, I’ve already checked with the community college she will be going to for her assoc degree and they do accept them. Thanks for the heads up though.</p>
<p>What’s affordable? The Arizonas and Indiana U will be over $30K. IU is good about merit. I would be careful about AZ; I believe the tuition is set to rise due to fiscal problems. </p>
<p>Adding: I am sure the cc would accept the dual enrolled courses. The issue is whether the 4 year will. Just because it counted toward the AA does not mean that a 4yr will accept it unless the schools have an articulation agreement-- which is most likely to exist between the cc and instate or area institutions.</p>
<p>Maryland state universities are very affordable. I think University of Maryland is around $15,000 for total tuition for the year and Towson Univeristy is even less.</p>
<p>UMd-CP is $23K oos tuition for the year. Add to that another $10K a year for room and board, plus books, etc. </p>
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<p>So I think it’s on the expensive side for an oos-- but I do know oos students who’ve received merit $. Unlike many publics, Md (like SUNYs) seem to want oos students.</p>
<p>SUNY Oswego probably has the best journalism program among the NYS publics. Plattsburgh also offers a journalism major. Both places are COLD! (but maybe your daughter wouldn’t mind the rather dramatic change of locale?). The SUNYs run about $24,000 for OOS students, including transportation, books and personals.</p>
<p>Better options, although more expensive, might include University of Florida ($33,000) and Ohio University – NOT Ohio State – ($29,000).</p>
<p>Of course, I think it’s crazy that your daughter would turn down the chance to study at UVA even if they don’t offer a Journalism B.A. – or William and Mary for that matter. Great schools and they actually graduate the vast majority of their students in 4 years, something very few public universities and colleges are capable of doing.</p>
<p>I recommend two that were mentioned earlier, Mizzou and KU.</p>
<p>Definitely check out the University of Missouri (Columbia), one of the top journalism schools in the country. Tuition(OOS) with R&B in the mid $20Ks. OOS scholarships are available and they have one of the easier policies on establishing residency for instate tuition purposes.</p>
<p>The University of Kansas also has a good journalism program. Tuition(OOS) and R&B also in the mid $20Ks with a 4 year tuition compact. Your tuition is frozen for 8 semesters at the rate when you start, great for budgeting costs.</p>