<p>The annual cost of attendance for in-state students at UC Irvine is about $30,000. At the better private colleges, it’s about $60,000. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me, even if you had to stay an additional 5th year because you got shut out of required classes. (Though, statistically speaking, it seems that only 15-20% of entering freshman need more than 4 years to graduate)</p>