Sorry for being confusing. When I say that they’re not making me pay right now. Obviously they’re letting me take out loans right now that I would eventually have to pay off.
As far as the state school goes: the 8,688 is the TUITION part of the fee. After adding expenses like transportation, room and board, books and supplies and other items it the price is $22,482.
I got my information from “Big Future” which is a college board site. College board contacts the school in order to get statistics like how much aid is awarded on average.
The schools are CWU and SMU, both located in Washington State.