Hello - Newbies to the world of US colleges

[bclintonk]

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@JHS

McGill has a significant Quebec resident discount, but I’m not sure Toronto has anything but one price for Canadians and another for Internationals. McGill’s rate for non-Quebecois Canadians (i.e., Ontarians) is roughly the same as Toronto’s. And both are substantially less than Michigan’s in-state rate, unless you are in engineering, in which case they are somewhat less than Michigan.

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<p>For “domestic” (Canadian) engineering students entering the University of Toronto in the fall of 2013, tuition and fees are $12,363. At Michigan the comparable figure for Michigan residents is $13,124-- a difference of $761, pretty negligible, especially for someone living in southeast Michigan as travel costs would likely eat up most of the savings from attending UT. Other costs–room & board, books, personal & miscellaneous–should be pretty similar.</p>

<p>Arts & Sciences at UT is cheaper, $5,865, except for specialties like computer science, communications, visual studies, or digital media (all $10,466).</p>

<p>For a non-Quebec Canadian, McGill is cheaper than UT for engineering, but more expensive for arts & sciences (about $7,500 for either). I’m not sure the <$6,000 difference between McGill and Michigan is break-the-bank territory, but of course that’s every family’s judgment call.</p>