<p>Im not hearing or seeing anything about the rise in tuition costs especially for this years freshman......and im sure the lack of uiuc giving out scholarships has provided most of us with stress. I dont get it...does business/engineering charge higher....cuz when i applied it was 17k-ish and now they want 24k with taxes and everything....</p>
<p>I wanted a good school. I got a good school.</p>
<p>Afordable? I think not :-(</p>
<p>well there was a 13% increase for TUITION (not housing), which boosted it up a bit. also I see they've increased the added amount if you attend business. last year it was only about $1500 extra to attend business but now it's like $3k. yea, it's kinda outrageous but truthfully I believe UIUC is only doing this because it has to so they can fund certain programs and help with the building costs. if you've been down there recently, you would probably notice a lot of new construction going on so they're probably increasing costs to help pay for the construction and stuff.</p>
<p>most of those new construction are state-funded cutting edge research facilities. however, buildings are probably a part of it bc the quad is kind of falling apart! :(</p>
<p>Both business & engineering have a surcharge of ~$3400, this is up from a couple of years ago. However, the good news is your tuition at Illinois will stay the same for 4 years, and not go up every year.</p>
<p>thank god for blagojevich!</p>
<p>thats something u dont hear every day! lol sorry i had to get my political comment in - couldnt resist</p>
<p>tuition went up $3,000 from last yr. when my mom called up the tuition people at U of I, they told her that. </p>
<p>And ur right, they offer a lack of scholarships/grants.</p>
<p>But tuition stays same for all 4 yrs. so at least we got that</p>
<p>The 4-year lock-in is a silver lining (unlike at Michigan), but I believe I heard that if you change schools (like from Engineering to Business), your charges start all over at the current rate again.</p>
<p>Transfering from one college to another within UIUC does not change your locked-in tuition rate. However, it is locked in only for 4 years (8 semesters) and if you go 9 or more semesters (which happens to a lot of students who switch colleges mid-stream), you will get the then applicable rate for those extra semesters. Also, the "tuition" lock-in is just that: tuiton. It does not apply to "fees" or room & board. </p>
<p>The locked-in tution actually affects the rise in tuition for each new freshman class. They now base the new tutition rate for incoming freshman on the knowledge that they will not be able to raise that particular class's tuition over the four years. Thus, for the incoming class, they estimate what the rise would be over four years if there were no lock-in and factor that in to determine the new rate. Nevertheless, one of the biggest factors that is causing tuition raises is the state's failure to provide increased funding each year because the State of Illinois is still in a budget crisis. The ratio of the total funding provided by the state to total costs is getting lower and lower each year.</p>
<p>yea, that's true. I don't know if it changes to the current rate but yes, ur right on that</p>
<p>dr.suba, i think it does change if u transfer within colleges. My mom called and asked and the counselor said it would change. This was 2 weeks ago.</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure they mean it will change if you, say, transfer into business which costs $3200 more. But I doubt they will change your "base" tutition...</p>
<p>The tuition can change if you switch colleges because the particular college may have an add-on tuition, e.g., both engineering and business pay a higher rate than most of LAS. However, you still pay that rate for the particular college you transfer into which was in effect when you started as a freshman. Your tuition can actually go down, e.g., if you transfer from College of Engineering to LAS since LAS does not have an add-on rate for most of its programs (science and chemical engineering in LAS have add-on tuitions similar to the engineering college).</p>