Ohio State Engineering Undergrad Fees?

Paying for College
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<p>I've been ripped off by OSU a couple of times now so I'm less than trusting when they send me the charges due. But I've just recently enrolled in the Engineering program, so this time I can understand why there is a discrepancy in charges due. What I don't understand is why the difference is over a thousand dollars for having added a single introductory, 3-credit engineering course. Is that normal, or is it just my inner cheapskate leading my thoughts astray?</p>

<p>Here is the breakdown of my fees this quarter:
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<p>Thank you in advance!</p>

<p>(P.s. Sorry guys if this isn't in the appropriate forum. I didn't see anywhere else where it would fit.)</p>

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<p>Well, it appears from [url=&lt;a href=“http://registrar.osu.edu/FeeTables/Web_AU11_Fee_Table/FeeTables_AU11.htm]here[/url”&gt;http://registrar.osu.edu/FeeTables/Web_AU11_Fee_Table/FeeTables_AU11.htm]here[/url</a>] that many majors have different amounts for the Learning Tech fee and Program fee. For engineering, these appear to be $159 and $201 respectively. This is $360/semester, or $720 for the year. Is this fair or reasonable? I don’t know, it is what it is.</p>

<p>Many schools now charge additional fees for courses that have a lab requirement, which is why you are paying $150 each for your chemistry and physics labs. This isn’t specific to the engineering major; if you took these lab courses as part of <em>any</em> major you would have to pay this fee.</p>

<p>It does take on an air of being nickel’d and dime’d to death when they break everything down like this.</p>

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<p>I think you are being assessed the fees because you are an engineering undergrad student, not simply because of one course. Could be wrong though, as D is not an engineering major, but she has all sorts of fees tacked on because of her major. Bursar’s office should be able to go through the fees with you.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, OSU and most state schools in this country have had to resort to adding fees to the tuition because legislatures have restricted tuition increases, and at the same time, have decreased their state spending on higher education. The reality is the costs of running a university don’t stay the same simply because there is a tuition freeze for a few years. So yeah, it does make one feel like they are being nickeled and dimed to death.</p>

<p>BTW, are you on your parents’ health insurance plan? If so, you might want to look at the health insurance charge (the $575 fee)-- OSU assumes that you do not have health insurance, and adds it to your tuition bill each quarter. If you are covered through another policy, you can decline the coverage, or get a Wilce Health Center Center (supplemental) policy–under $200/year, but you have to be already insured. You have to update this at the beginning of every Fall quarter.</p>