How much would 2 years private cost for a transfer?

Paying for College
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<p>I attend baruch honors and have a full ride. How much would it cost to transfer to NYU stern for the last two years? </p>

<p>I had to pay 21k a year for nyu (class of 2013). Stern is a top business undergrad school that probably a better environment than a cuny and for job placement. I just don't like the baruch college student body and the lack of resources and the environment.</p>

<p>Would the cost be somewhere around 30 k a year for each of the last two years? Is this worth the price?</p>

<p>I might consider columbia but its harder to get in. Is columbia fin aid much better? If I am under a certain income bracket, would it be reduced tuition? If this is the case, Columbia is the choice if I can get in.</p>

<p>Cornell AEM is also another possible college, the tuition isn't as steep 18,000 average, but I just don't like having to go outside the city.</p>

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<p>It depends. Most schools give great financial aid packages to first-year applicants but your package may not be so great as a transfer applicant. NYU openly admits that although they have a healthy endowment, they also have a lot of students, and their endowment-per-student is actually very low for a school of their caliber.</p>

<p>NYU’s tuition, fees, room, and board cost around $52,000. The average incoming freshman, according to them, gets about $29,000 in financial aid, which leaves you with a gap of $23,000 per year (or $46,000 total). That’s almost $50,000 in debt for just two years.</p>

<p>Now, remember that’s the average, and the average for freshman at that. Your average would likely be lower, so yeah, I’d guess that you’d probably be paying at least $30,000 per year. Also remember that financial aid packages usually included Stafford loans in them already, so add to that the third and fourth year maximum of $7,500. We’re talking about around $45,000 per year (or $90,000).</p>

<p>Is it worth it? I’m not sure, that really depends on you. I’d say it’s not, as Baruch’s honors program is well-respected in New York (particularly business). If you want to work in business, where you get your MBA from is more important, so I’d say it might be more reasonable for you to stay put at Baruch, get a job, work for a couple of years and then get your MBA at Columbia Business or Stern.</p>

<p>Columbia’s financial aid is a whole lot better than NYU’s, but then for transfer students I’m not sure.</p>