We are from India. My D has got admit in DAAP Architecture UG program. She has also been offered a scholarship of 7000$. I wanted to know about how much do students earn in Co-ops? Can they save enough to contribute to tuition fees?
Earlier today, I was reading some old threads (a few pages back) from over a year ago, and this very same question popped up. Back then, there were a few opinions that said “yes, but don’t count on it” (I think, meaning don’t count on it in your financial calculations). One of the issues they were mentioning is that if you have a co-op assignment away from home, you are likely also having to cover room and board on your own – therefore the income isn’t always enough to offset the tuition in subsequent years.
Point 2: my son just received a letter awarding him a CEAS (College of Engineering and Applied Science) merit scholarship, which is a one-time only scholarship. The letter specifically mentions that students on co-op assignment typically earn $12,000 to $19,000 per year (I would assume this to mean CEAS students, not necessarily DAAP architectural students).
Point 3: this is certainly a valid question for the co-op people, so don’t hesitate to call them and ask what typical architectural co-op students might earn. I’m not sure what they are called now, but back when I was in school it was the Division of Professional Practice.
Point 4: I was a student in CEAS back in the early 80s…I was able to put myself through school, through a combination of co-op earnings and a campus job. Tuition was a whole lot lower back then (for me, it started out at $270 per quarter, and then ended, five years later, at $540 a quarter). My parents only paid for my first year, and I lived off campus (back then, living off campus was significantly cheaper than living on-campus).
Just as an odd note, if tuition had doubled in the five years I was in school, and would have continued with the trend of doubling every five years, we’d now be looking at about $102,400 annually, just for tuition 
(based upon $1600 per year, around 1985). That would also mean about a 14% annual increase, on average.
Thank you @guyk2. I will certainly call co-op people.