Our college costs rising 5%. How about yours?

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<p>Just got the letter from my son's college president. Tuition, room, and board are going up 5 percent for 2011-2012, just as they have for each of the last three years.</p>

<p>Have you gotten the word yet on what is happening with costs next year at your kid's college?</p>

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<p>Swarthmore announced a 3.4% increase. I would expect most private schools to be under 5% increases again this year.</p>

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<p>Boston University announced a 3.85 increase for next year. I am happy it was not higher since I budgeted for a 4% increase.</p>

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<p>This probably explains one reason it’s going up in the first place. How much do you think that cost?</p>

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<p>Let’s see … a 0% increase for D#1, a 100% DECREASE for D#2 (yeah!), and dunno yet for D#3. (Graduation is a good thing.)</p>

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<p>PA state schools usually don’t find out until August - makes budgeting and loan applications a lot of fun.</p>

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<p>I put 3 through privates. We always figured a 5% increase each year and we were almost always right on.</p>

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<p>5% increase in tuition; 10% increase in room and board.</p>

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<p>" 5% increase in tuition; 10% increase in room and board. "</p>

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<p>NYU says 3.8% but FA is supposed to increase by a like amount.</p>

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<p>^^^ Same at Harvard.</p>

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<p>At W&M: 5.5 percent overall increase for in-state students; 5.7 percent for OOS students.</p>

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<p>Hard to say what the increase will be.
Could be 16%
[3-year</a> bachelor’s degrees make sense as tuitions increase - Editorials - The Olympian](<a href=“http://www.theolympian.com/2011/04/29/1633641/3-year-bachelors-degrees-make.html]3-year”>http://www.theolympian.com/2011/04/29/1633641/3-year-bachelors-degrees-make.html)</p>

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<p>DD’s college tuition is increasing 3.9% but from 2009-2010 it has gone up by 7.8%. Also look at the rising trend with larger jump from 2011 to 2012.</p>

<p>2012 40,460 3.90%<br>
2011 38,940 3.81%<br>
2010 37,510 3.79%</p>

<p>DD’s Room and board might go down coming year.</p>

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<p>^Very much appreciated.</p>

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<p>My kids’ costs are rising at 3-5% each year also – room & board and tuition.</p>

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<p>Tuition at all our (NC) state schools will rise again this year. S2 moved off campus after freshman year so r&b is not a concern. Rent on his dumpy house will not go up! Thank goodness he’s is a rising senior.</p>

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<p>Tuition and fees going up 170% next year.</p>

<p>(The state of GA stopped funding the “fees” part of tuition and fees so students will pay the full $2100 in fees next year. Still a bargain, though: In absolute terms, tuition+fees is going from $800 to $2100)</p>

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<p>Really a very good gesture on part of Princeton to peg tuition increases to less than 1%. I think all institutes need to learn from it. </p>

<p>Wow! way to go Princeton.</p>

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<p>U.Va. Board Approves 2011-12 Tuition; Holds Increases to Single Digits for Eighth Consecutive Year</p>

<p>UVA tuition up 8.9% for 2011-2012, In addition to tuition increases, the average increase in UVa meal plan rates will be 3.7 percent and in housing 4.5 percent over last year.</p>

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