Does anyone know any colleges under 10k a year? I’m an Illinois resident with act of 1430, currently. Thanks!
Do you mean colleges that offer full rides for 1430?
There are some competitive full tuition scholarships.
I think U Illinois Springfield has an (automatic?) full ride for these stats.
Texas Tech would allow you to pay the in-state rate for tuition & then give you a scholarship that would cover most or all of the in-state tuition. Thst would leave room & board, which is around $10,000.
Minot State* direct costs are close to 10k…
Tuition, fees, room & board $13,996-$3,000 auto merit for 30+ACT(or 1360+SAT) and 3.8+gpa=$10,996
https://www.minotstateu.edu/enroll/cost.shtml
*All students pay Minot State’s in-state tuition rate, but the figures above don’t include health insurance, travel, books, pocket money, etc.
Look at Western Illinois U
http://www.wiu.edu
I put this in another thread of yours- there are some Midwest schools that may work- Southeast Missouri State, University of Central Arkansas, University of Nebraska Kearney, Missouri State University, Missouri Western, and University of Central Missouri are some that my DD looked into with automatic merit for certain stats. Her stats were lower than yours so your cost might be better. You’ll have to look into their websites for yourself.
For Southeast Missouri State her COA would have been around $10K.
University of Central Arkansas $9K and I think for your stats much better than that! The trick is noticing that if you are OOS but live on campus all 4 years you get in-state rates. We really liked this school on our tour.
UN Kearney- the Blue and Gold scholarship for out of state should get you full tuition.
Missouri State- her stats made it about $11K
Missouri Western- about $11K with opportunity for competitive merit too
UCM- about $11K
As I said before, they are nowhere near top name schools and they may not be convenient to get to but if you must come under this price there are certain things that you give up. These schools are looking to attract students like you.
What is your GPA & approximate class rank ?
My school doesn’t rank. Unweighted gpa is 3.6, weighted is 4.6
What’s your parent’s financial situation? Looks for schools that offer excellent merit aid.
Two I know of: Knox College, Allegheny College
Knox won’t get the COA under $10,000 even with their stacking of merit unless something has changed. Definitely look into it though.
A few schools that popped on our merit radar were Ole Miss, Auburn, U Alabama (Huntsville and Birmingham) and Utah State @ Logan. I’m not sure with your exact numbers, but worth running the calculators if you are willing to travel further afield.
What is your estimated family EFC? Any family owned businesses? A non custodial parent on the scene? Run a NPC for a few private schools that meet full need like, say Amherst, and see what they expect your family to pay.
My parents want me to go to go to community college for two years however I am against it as I feel like I would miss out on the college experience. I am trying to build a list of reasonable colleges for them to consider. They will not even consider anything above 10,000 as I have two sisters also going to colleges as well. We haven’t calculate efc yet but my parents make enough to where we won’t get much financial help.
Run the NPC on a generous school. You never know.
Are you currently working?
For your stats, going to CC would actually be MORE expensive than a 4-year with merit, since merit earned as a freshman lasts 4 years whereas you’d have to attend the last 2 years of college as a full pay (there are virtually no merti scholarships for transfer students).
Actually, if OP’s parents have two other kids in school, definitely look at Knox and Allegheny, they are both FASFA only schools and are very generous with merit and need aid.
FAFSA divides the expected family contribution by the number of kids in school. The CSS does that and then adds a bit for each kid.
Where are your sisters studying? If they will be at community colleges as well for their first two years, a sleep-away college for you for those first two years is going to be a hard sell for your parents.
Youngstown State, maybe WVU
If you plan to study engineering, based on your stats, WVU will automatically give you scholarships that would get your cost down to ~$14K per year. You will be eligible for minimum Federal Student loan of $5K per year so you can get your parents cost down below $10K per year if you are willing to take on some student debt. Or possibly make up the difference over $10K with a job at school, summer job, or Co-op/internship.