UMD says that OOS cost of attendance is over $59,000 (my daughter was offered a whopping $3000 a year 2 years ago), ended up at Clemson ($55,000+ before merit). She applied to many OOS schools, $55,000 seemed to be the average sticker price.
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Where did you see that information? Wow!
Pitt has moved to giving more aid to low income students instead of offering merit scholarships. They currently match Pell grants dollar for dollar. If you are a low income student this is a huge deal and one of the reasons my daughter ended up there.
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I was comparing in-state tuitions, Pitt has higher in-state tuition than most state schools as well.
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https://financialaid.pitt.edu/tuition-and-fees/
Use the drop down menu to select freshman, OOS, which school within Pitt.
Again, PSU in-state tuition is the highest in the Big 10.
Pennsylvania is among the top 5 most expensive in state tuition states in the country. All state schools in Pa are relatively more expensive than most states, but Pitt and Penn State arenāt true state schools. As I am sure you know, they are considered to be āstate-relatedā and even more expensive than our actual state schools.
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My son received a full tuition award and it shows Dietrich at $18900 per semester ($37,800 annual), which is $1800 more than we expected.
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Congratulations to your son and thank you for the information!
Thank you!
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Sticker price maters less than the final COA. It becomes an issue particularly for OOS kids if Pitt offers much less aid (and higher COA) than its peer schools. Their rolling admission process, lack of clearly communicated notification timeline and the crappy portal certainly donāt help either.
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UIUC might beat them on instate tuition for some programs! I-L-L! Wait, why am I cheeringā¦ /Illinois alum whoās kid isnāt going to Illinois
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Both Pitt and PSU should not receive state funds. They are not helping in-state students.
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This is the same information I have been looking at as well but today when she got her financial aid letter, room and board was listed at 13978 and out of state Dietrich tuition and fees showed at 39170 which is higher
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Has this been updated with 23-24 rates? I donāt see that noted anywhere but maybe Iām missing it?
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Where did you see this letter? Is it in the document center? Did you get it in the mail? My son is accepted but hasnāt committed, but as far as I know hasnāt received anything new. Thanks!
Itās in the portal. On the same page with the academic accept/decline buttons, right above it, thereās a āfinancialsā section. It flies out and to the right you see any financial aid awarded.
ETA - my kid also got an email today from āpittfaā with the same info
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Yes we are OOS for psychology so price tag all in is around $50K (with FA bringing us down to about $33K.) Most of our schools are coming in low $20ās with Case Western & Xavier around $32K and Fordham at $53K on the high end. Our cheapest SUNY option is around $14K (tuition, room & board) so Iām glad we have good in-state options. Since we received the FA package by email and it says āfinancial aid & scholarshipsā I assume my son did not get a scholarship unless, by some miracle, he is invited to interview for the Chancellorās one. Bummer!
Are you all giving up for merit aid decisions? Per their website these are done on a weekly basis, with Friday release? And website also says merit decisions will be made by March 1, so there is 2 more weeks. Also, honors decisions/chancellorās scholarships are still pending, so I am keeping fingers crossed for my high stat kid. Without it, it just wonāt be possible to go to Pitt, our state schools are less expensive options.
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Our letter today from Pitt was $39k OOS for Dietrich. Yikes. It was $53k with room and board and books etc. We havenāt got any merit yet so itās out of reach for us considering we have really good state schools in IN. Itās too bad as my son loved Pitt.
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