<p>my family is middle-class but I really don't want to put a strain on any financial situation just in case, I really want to look for some cheaper colleges yet are still very high ranked? Any help?</p>
<p>Look at Rice</p>
<p>Take a look at McGill (a little more than half the price of a top US private school). Also, depending on where you live, many of the public schools in the United States represent extraordinary values--the UCs, University of Michigan, UVA U-Washington etc.</p>
<p>What state are you in?</p>
<p>I am in CA, and five of the eight UCs are ranked top 50.</p>
<p>The schools outside CA that are affordable and highly ranked (and smaller than the UCs) are Miami of Ohio and William and Mary.</p>
<p>It would help a lot if you posted stats and what you're looking for in a school (major, size, location, etc.).</p>
<p>midatlmom: UMich oos: $42,000 (that's for freshman....increases with standing)..there are those enrolling there this year that would question that suggestion.....not sure about the others, but there are quite a few CC'ers that would have been better off financially applying to privates that provide good merit aid....</p>
<p>rice is only cheap compared to other colleges of the same "caliber"</p>
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<p>and if you are a MI resident, the $20,000 cost is a bargain. I wish my parents could adopt my son so that he could afford to attend.</p>
<p>Ohio resident will be doing pre-med so I want to major in either business or biomedical engineering. Thanks for the answers, Im looking into some of them.</p>
<p>Ohio State, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Stony Brook, Arizona State and Purdue.</p>
<p>Rice, William and Mary, Cornell U (if NY resident), American University, Providence College, University of Scranton, St. Josephs College,PA and schools with merit $ Univ. of Miami, FLA, and U of Richmond</p>
<p>Amen to Rice and W&M.</p>
<p>First off Yopua, I commend you for thinking about your family's finances before you start your search. As Virginia residents we are lucky with some great schools in our state (W+M, UVA were already mentioned) I don't know how "high" of rank you want overall or for what program of study, but I thought I would add Virginia Tech. We think it offers a great "bang for the buck" :) </p>
<p>I copied some rankings for you from the VT website:</p>
<p>Undergraduate
U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2008 (fall 2007)</p>
<p>Virginia Tech ranked 29th among national public universities. Among national universities, including such private institutions as Harvard and Yale, Virginia Tech ranked 71st.
The Virginia Tech College of Engineering undergraduate program was ranked 14th in the nation (tied with Johns Hopkins and Northwestern) among all accredited engineering schools that offer doctorates. It was eighth among engineering schools at public universities.
Six Virginia Tech undergraduate engineering specialties ranked among the top 20 of their respective peer programs ( aerospace engineering, 14th; civil engineering, 11th; electrical engineering, 17th; engineering science and mechanics, eighth; environmental engineering, 14th; industrial engineering, ninth; and mechanical engineering, 14th.
The Pamplin College of Business undergraduate program is ranked 41st among the nation's undergraduate business programs and 24th among public institutions. Pamplin's overall ranking places it in the top 10 percent of the approximately 460 U.S. undergraduate programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.
Virginia Tech was also recognized as having one of the top 14 cooperative education and internship programs in the nation.
Virginia Tech ranks in the top 20 public colleges and universities nationally among colleges that offer a first-class educational experience at a bargain price, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.</p>
<p>The architecture and landscape architecture programs in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies are ranked among the very best in America. In its 2007 report, DesignIntelligence, the only national college ranking survey focused exclusively on design, ranked the undergraduate architecture program fourth nationally and first among public universities. DesignIntelligence also ranked the universitys undergraduate interior design program seventh in the nation.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>lol, Virginia Tech</p>
<p>just kidding, Virginia Tech would be an excellent choice if you are considering engineering.</p>
<p>Typical reply coming from a 'Hoo :)</p>
<p>VT is the best</p>
<p>Look for schools that award a high level of financial aid and merit aid. Like Grinnell, an excellent school with a huge endowment.</p>