<p>I'm just a normal student who wanted to study in the us. I have heard a lot about studying in usa and it attracts me, a lot. I'm planning to attend community college for 2 year then transfer to uni. However i'm not really sure about which steps to take. The uni i really wanted to be are UT austin, texas a&m and UCB. Im planning to major in petroleum engineering or chemical enginnering. My heart told me to go to texas and study petroleum eng. there but i don't really know how much it will cost for an international student like me. For ucb i have to spend around 25k which is such a huge amount of money and i dont think part time jobs and my own savings are enough. So i hope texas will be much cheaper than cali. By knowing this, i can apply to suitable community college to reach my goal.</p>
<p>Thanks for advance guys, and dont be deceived by my nickname, since it comes from tes4oblivion hehe.</p>
<p>You can search for “cost of attendance” in each school’s web site. For out of state or international students not getting financial aid or scholarships, Texas A&M will be the least expensive (about $38,000 per year), then UT Austin (about $50,000 per year). Berkeley will be the most expensive ($51,000 to $56,000 per year). The Texas schools have petroleum engineering, while Berkeley does not.</p>
<p>If you want to start at a community college, the ones in the same state as the state university will have the articulation agreement to match their courses with the state university courses. I.e. go to one in Texas for Texas A&M or UT Austin; go to one in California for Berkeley. Use the articulation agreements to determine which courses you need to take at community college to prepare to transfer to your target schools in your major.</p>
<p>But note that doing the community college transfer route to Berkeley for the chemical engineering major specifically can be rather difficult, since the major has upper division courses in sophomore year, so transfer students are more likely to stay for extra semesters.</p>
<p>For chemical engineering, also consider University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, as it is considerably less expensive than any of these three schools you name.</p>
<p>^No. UT Austin has the #1 petroleum engineering program in the nation. If I’m not mistaken, Texas A&M is #2, but I’m not sure. I do think Texas Tech is top 10 though.</p>
<p>Whoaa you guys are so helpful and friendly! Ucbalumnus! Thats what i thought so i need clarification about the tuition fees of petroleum eng. in texas. If thats beyond my reach, i would certainly go to ucb or other uc to take chem or mech eng. from what you posted, it is waay beyond my budget. Will they still charge me that much after i live two years in texas for studying at community college? Cause my friend just got back there recently (28 july). He was born in houston but lived all the way here. He even ditched his senior year here just to be in texas. As a permanent resident, he has more previllege than me so things are easier for him. But as a non us resident i have to make my steps carefully cause i dont to go there just to be a hobo ^^</p>
<p>Big thanks to all posters, if i dont mention you, it means that i agree with you/i dont really know how to respond :c</p>
<p>For non-residents, some of the cheaper schools with petroleum engineering are:</p>
<p>Louisiana - Lafayette ($25,000 per year)
Wyoming ($27,000 per year)
Alaska - Fairbanks ($27,000 per year)
Montana Tech ($28,000 per year)
New Mexico Tech ($29,000 per year)
West Virginia ($30,000 per year)
Texas Tech ($34,000 per year)</p>
<p>Note that there are only 17 schools in the US with a petroleum engineering bachelor’s degree program.</p>
<p>Wow thats cool but still a bit high in my opinion. Isn’t it still impossible to get half of tuition fees all by yourself? What about UCB/UCLA? Ive heard they’re around 25k bucks …</p>
<p>Cheers and thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Edited:This is a dead end for me! Can I get instant money through risky work or something. Drug dealings maybe ^^. Just a joke man!</p>
<p>Whoaa thats expensive! Hmm what’s tuition fees anyway? Some fee you have to pay annually or what? I think i might get the chance if that huge sum of money is not annually ^^</p>
<p>UC’s cost of of attendance is around $32000 even more me as an instate US citizen. That includes tuition, which is the amount paid for classes, room and board (a room to sleep in and food) and other expenses. For out of state and internationals there’s even more additional fees.</p>
<p>Since the OP is an int’l, attending a UC will cost over $50k per year. If he were a Calif resident (and not an int’l), his cost would be about $30k.</p>
<p>Thegodmode…how much CAN you spend each year? What are your parents saying?</p>
<p>They said it was okay if only I get the money by myself. Drugs, come to papa :c By the way, if i were to live there for 2 years before i got in uni does that still make me an intl student? </p>