<p>We live in NH and our in state schools are very expensive. UNH is around $14,000 per year and that is not including room and board. I am jealous of all the people that have affordable state schools. I am just wondering if anyone knows of any schools in the Northeast that would be under 15,000 per year including room and board. So far we have found one. I figured I would ask here since you all seem so knowledgeable. We are not ruling out community college but even our CC are expensive and then to transfer to a four year state school is very expensive! </p>
<p>Do you qualify for need based aid? What are your student’s stats? Would they qualify him for merit based aid? Otherwise your choices are virtually nonexistent.</p>
<p>Although we don’t make a ton of money when I do the net calculator it looks as though we don’t qualify for need based aid. She will be taking her SAT test in October. The one school we did find is in Maine and she could go there for under 15,000 per year including everything. It is 5 1/2 hours away which isn’t all that bad but the transportation to come and go if she wanted to come home for the weekend is not all that great. If she were to go south of NH I know the transportation wouldn’t be a problem. I LOVE living in NH but they sure do make it difficult to go to state in state because the cost is not very affordable. </p>
<p>In the Kiplinger’s “best value” list of public colleges, only 4 have total costs per year (in-state) under $15K. No listed public colleges in New England have total costs per year (in-state) under $24K. As for out-of-state costs, only 1 listed college has total costs per year (OOS) under $20K. For New England colleges, the cheapest listed OOS cost is for UMass-Amherst at ~$40K.
<a href=“Best College Values, 2019 | Kiplinger”>http://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-kiplinger-s-best-values-in-public-colleges/index.php</a></p>
<p>If you do not qualify for financial aid, and you have not saved enough or budgeted to cover the full costs, then you need to be flexible. Your student may need to commute from home, attend part-time and take longer to graduate, or attend a relatively low-cost school in a distant state. Don’t expect to find too many nearby hidden gems priced way below market rates.</p>
<p>Not sure what her intended major is, but if she’s looking at something that isn’t offered at any in-state publics there is a program you can apply to get a tuition discount at other New England public universities. According to the site, the cost ends up falling somewhere between in-state and out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nebhe.org/programs-overview/rsp-tuition-break/eligibilityfaqs/”>http://www.nebhe.org/programs-overview/rsp-tuition-break/eligibilityfaqs/</a></p>
<p>She won’t qualify for the New England tuition break since her major is offered at our in state schools. She will be majoring in English/Secondary Education. The university of Maine Presque Isle and Fort Kent are offering the New England Tuition break starting in the fall of 2014 even if your major is offered in state. </p>
<p>At one time the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts was trying to attract out-of-state students with tuition discounts. Look into it.</p>
<p>How about Plymouth State? I’m showing their tuition is $10,400 per year. They have multiple scholarhsips ranging from $1,000 - $6,000 for students with a GPA of 2.75 or higher. Assuming she can get one of those at around $3,000, and she borrows the full amount she can for a freshman, that’s $5,500. I’m showing: Total cost $20,249 - $3,000 scholarship - $5,500 Federal Loan =$11,749 total cost. That puts you well under $15,000 for room, board, fees and books. My suggestion would be to contact the financial aid offices of schools that have a similar cost and see what other in-state loans and grants for which your daughter might qualify. </p>
<p>what school in Maine only costs 15k per year including R&B???</p>
<p>Let’s talk numbers, I think this discussion will be more productive.
What’s your child’s unweighted GPA’s? Number of Honors/APs/IB’s/Dual Enrollment classes (together)?
Has she practiced for the SAT or ACT already? Has she taken the PSAT?
Is 15k your budget? Or is it “what you thought college cost” and you’re realizing now?
Have you run Net Price Calculators on private colleges? Just because your in-state schools doesn’t provide you with need-based aid doesn’t mean all schools won’t.
(To give you a ballpark, for 1 child in college, you’d likely get some aid at “meet need”’ schools up to 140k a year, although HYPMS offer substantial reducations up to 180k. Merit aid is only based on stats and profile.)
At most schools, R&B alone is $8 to 12k. In some NY schools, room alone runs to 18k a year…
If you give us her stats, we’ll try to find some places where she may get a full tuition scholarship, but be aware those wouldn’t be in the Northeast, probably in the South.</p>
<p>You should feel happy: in state costs in Pennsylvania for Penn State are 33K.</p>
<p>UNH is going to be your best bang for buck university out there for your situation. I don’t think UMass is going to be much cheaper even with reciprocity. </p>
<p>College is expensive now, that’s the reality of the situation unless you have good stats.</p>
<p>also, one more question…is your child currently a rising junior or senior? </p>
<p>I’m really wondering what 4 year OOS college in Maine has tuition, room, board for $15k per year.</p>
<p>I know of someone last year who was a NH resident and her son was offered more money to attend UMass Amherst so that it actually came out to be cheaper than going to UNH.</p>
<p>I’m really wondering what 4 year OOS college in Maine has tuition, room, board for $15k per year. </p>
<p>Mom2collegekids here is an article on them recently reducing their rates. It comes to about 20,000 per year including room and board. If your GPA and SAT scores are within a certain range you automatically get a 5,000 scholarship which brings the total down to 15,000 per year! </p>
<p>A new joint reduction in tuition rates at UMPI and UMFK is going to save out of state and international students a whole lot of money; and as News Source 8′s Angela Christoforos reports, the change is not only expected to attract more students from different parts of the country and the world- it’s also expected to stimulate economic development here in Aroostook County…</p>
<p>Pursuing a higher education often comes at a HIGH price, and those rates are even higher for out-of-state students. But at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and Fort Kent, a change in tuition structure will decrease tuition rates for out-of-state and international students by 40%. It’s going to make pursuing education there more affordable; and both Universities are hopeful that it will in turn attract more of those students.</p>
<p>John Murphy, Vice President Administration and Finance at UMFK said, “In addition to diversifying the student body, what this does is stabilizes our revenue stream a little bit more, helps hold the cost down for higher education for our students as well as the tax payers in the state of Maine.”</p>
<p>A 40% reduction means out of state students and international students would see their tuition drop from $16,650 a year to $9,900 a year- a savings of over $6000!</p>
<p>UMFK International student Joshua Kurensky said, “The International students come from countries with exchange rates that aren’t really in our favor when we come to the United States so it does work in our favor.”</p>
<p>UMFK out-of-state student Jessany Munoz said, “I was kind of deciding whether or not I wanted to stay here my last semester for spring of 2015 but now I definitely know I will.”</p>
<p>According to the Aroostook Partnership for Progress, this out of state reduction in tuition also comes at a time when employment opportunities in Aroostook County are expected to increase over the next 5 years, and the 18-44-year-old work force is decreasing.</p>
<p>UMPI President Linda Schott said, “We’re trying to do our part to bring more people here who can then become the new employees for businesses in this area.”</p>
<p>The new out-of-state rate is expected to attract more students from across the country and the world, enrich the student body on both campuses, and serve as a catalyst for economic development in the County.</p>
<p>The new tuition structure for out of state and international students at both UMPI and UMFK will start with the Fall 2014 school semester.</p>
<p>Keene State’s finances would likely be similar to Plymouth’s. A student who is competitive for UNH & UMass in terms of admissions will likely get a nice grant that will, with a reasonable student loan, bring your family contribution under $15k per year.</p>
<p>I’ve visited Plymouth, Keene, and UNH last fall, and I thought that Keene in particular has a lot to offer.</p>
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15,000 is not what I thought it would cost but it is my “budget”. She would never go to HYPMS as she wants to be a high school enlish teacher. This is what she has wanted to do FOREVER. We know she is not going to graduate from college and be making a ton of money being a teacher so that is why we are trying to keep our budget fairly low. As far as a weighted GPA her school doesn’t do that. She will be taking her SAT in October. The smaller the school the better for her. She doesn’t want to go to a huge university. </p>
<p>She could do CC for two years and then transfer and she has no problem doing that at all. We are just trying to weigh all of our options in the northeast! </p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the replies. </p>
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This is very true! I know someone who went to Holy Cross and it is cheaper for her to go there than it would be for her to go to UNH because UNH gives very little aid. This person graduated 2nd in their high school class. </p>
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<p>Plymouth and Keene are definitely on the short list! </p>