<p>amazes me how expensive the Northeast publics are…</p>
<p>My son gets need based aid at the Public University. Yes that is available at some schools so you cannot make that blanket statement.</p>
<p>I have a spreadsheet for many western and northwestern schools. Seem like much better deals frankly.</p>
<p>OS Dad, I thought that if you changed your major that you needed to pay back the tuition that you saved. Otherwise, wouldn’t everyone declare a major that works for the tuition break initially?</p>
<p>The SUNY schools would draw many more OOS kids if there were a true flagship campus, especially one with a sports program like Penn State, UNC, etc. </p>
<p>Some NE publics clearly relish the revenue from OOS kids–it is like another form of tourism revenue for Vermont.</p>
<p>I love the Northeast, but the OOS tuition at public colleges (and the instate in NJ) and the tax rates are not at all attractive.</p>
<p>Okay, here is what I have so far to add to nighchef’s numbers, although most were pulled from college websites and I’m unclear as to whether they all include a miscellaneous couple of thousand for room and board:</p>
<p>UMass Amherst: $31,505 (21,294 in state tuition)
U Maryland: 37,414
UDelaware: 31,904
UMichigan: 46,999
Penn State: 37,834
Miami of Ohio: 36,128
Indiana University: 35,800
Pitt: 25,958</p>
<p>Some of these are much more expensive than I realized…</p>
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<p>If that’s true it was never mentioned to us in any of the literature or emails we got from UMASS. As to why everybody doesn’t do it - beats me?</p>