<p>PA mom my sons OOS tuition at an Oregon public only went up about $800. Now last year it went up $1,800.</p>
<p>So it appears those increase are not across the board at all the campuses. That or they are going to have to change the estimated costs for next year at the last minute which were included in sons aid package about two weeks ago.</p>
<p>The reason I chose to go OOS was because the feeling of independence. Though a reason I chose to go OOS was because of the parents, it was mainly a way to become independent of high school friends. A good portion of my high schoolās students attend our stateās Big 12 University. I wanted to immerse myself with a completely new group of people. But, now that I look at how much cheaper it would have been to go in-state, it makes me wonder if I did make the right decision going OOS afterall. Thankfully Iāve had a wonderful experience and Iām performing very well in my classes.</p>
<p>UW fee increase for instate is going up 14% for each of the next 2 years. Still a good deal for in-staters. OOS tuition is at around $25500 and may increase more this year, not so good of deal anymore, with all estimated expenses, around $38,000. UW is not at the UCLA/Berkeley level, more like the UCSD/Davis level but their med school is tops. UW has cut 60% of their TA positions and increased undergrad class sizes, esp in College of L & S so if students end up going even a part of 5th year (which the school itself estimates) then it is not OOS bargain IMO for a public school. D was going to attend UW until all their budget problems hit and it became too unpredictable. UW gives very little OOS aide if any, most in the form of loans. I too believe that the 10% cuts in the UC system will not effect education very much. Having lived through budget problems with my kids at the UCās over the last 6 years, we have not noticed much difference as far as academics are concerned. Tuition has increased however approx. $2000 or so. Housing has jumped a little. Still a good deal for in-state education. I guess OOS tuition depends on your prospective, if you have money, if you qualify for fine aide, etc.</p>
<p>When I was in California in the late 1970s, early 1980s, the proposal for dealing with budget cuts at the UCs was to threaten to close down the two least popular UG schools, which at that time were UCSC and Riverside. Is there any talk of that now, with respect to UC Merced?</p>
<p>UCs strike me as being in a tremendous bind, since there are some departments at some schools that are certainly internationally competitive, yet the base of tuition dollars is located in the state schools.</p>
<p>our D. is going OOS to UMich. She was also accepted at Bucknell, McGill, UCLA and Tulane. No financial aid. There really wasnāt a bad choice in the bunch, and although Michigan is expensive as a public for OOS, it just fit for her. She could have gone private for the same cost, but we have no regrets about her choice. For schools like UMich, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UVA, UNC, you have to simply be happy your child was admitted.</p>
<p>Just received the offer for the TuitionPay plan for our son. We never use this (thereās a $55 fee, I prefer to pay lump sum, we get 1% cash back on our credit card payment) but it has the Tuition and Fees numbers for the upcoming school year. The increase is about 11% over 2008-2009. I was expecting 15% as a worst-case amount. There is no state budget yet so I donāt know whether stimulus money is factored in. The Governor previously stated that he wanted to dump in a significant amount of the stimulus money but that was before the most recent revenue figures came in. The 11% increase might be worst case with a refund if the stimulus is added back in for higher education. At any rate, itās nice to have the numbers. Son also received a letter for his merit scholarship renewal which was good news too. Itās nice to get all of this stuff when things are quiet.</p>