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<p>Buy the way there were 2582 freshman enrolled in George Washington University for 2010 and only 1158 were awarded any scholarships or grants, Thats 1424 Freshman that did not get anything. Full Pay students at 53,000 is way to much for college wether you can afford it or not. As long as there are people out here trying to justify these rediculous tuitions they will never stop raising them.</p>
<p>1stcolldad, all things are relative. COA at GWU after big merit aid drops down to the low $30k level. That’s not affordable for many families, of course, but for families who would be paying in the mid-$50k, it’s a bargain. It can even be a bargain for families with EFCs in the mid-$30k level. COA at the flagship campuses in the UC system is around that much, and there’s no guarantee that tuition will remain the same. Or, if there’s a family that’s gapped in their aid offer, they can at least know that tuition rates won’t rise. </p>
<p>Colgate has nothing on their website about tuition remaining constant for the four years–does anyone have a link to a Colgate web page that states that policy? College Navigator doesn’t indicate that Colgate has a tuition guarantee plan.</p>
<p>I’ll have to chime in, GVSU doesn’t keep the tuition the same for 4 years (as far as I know, unless they changed that in the past month or something). However, the out of state cost at gvsu is very low, and the quality to cost ratio is one of best in the United States for colleges. To give an example, a comparable school in the state of Michigan would be Michigan State. Although MSU might be a little better overall, (you can argue either way) GVSU’s out of state tuition is around $17000-$18000 lower per year. The OOS tuition is around $13400 at GV and will probably be $14000 next year while MSU OOS tuition is $30000 now and will be around $32000 next year.</p>
<p>I think this list is a good idea. However, even though tuition may remain the same for all 4 years for these schools; sadly housing, food, books, fees continue to rise throughout the 4 years.</p>
<p>Tuition is only 1 component of the COA - parents, students need to know the annual COA to really compare apples to apples.</p>
<p>huntcolleges’s price list is for COA, not tuition.</p>
<p>CJ</p>
<p>I have heard American University caps tuition all 4 years for entering freshman.</p>
<p>caveat here: be careful when compiling this list; some schools require you to pay all four years tuition UP FRONT to lock in the freshman year rate; and if you are on financial aid/scholarship, they won’t let you do it…</p>
<p>carry-on…</p>
<p>Oklahoma City University’s tuition remains the same if you start at a slightly higher rate (~$1500).</p>
<p>I have never heard of a school requiring 4 years of tuition up front! That’s crazy.</p>
<p>My S had merit scholarships to U of I. With the tuition freeze, it was like getting more scholarship money every year (compared to other schools going up.) :)</p>
<p>University of Colorado - Boulder for out of state students guarantees tuition to remail the same. Unfortunatly this does not apply to in state students.</p>
<p>DePaul University in Chicago.</p>
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I wonder if you estimate the costs out for 4 years that this is not true … since virtually all other schools will have large increases in future years.</p>
<p>University of Illinois
St. John’s University in Queens
Northern Arizona University
University of Kansas
George Washington University (the 9th Most expensive University on the planet)
Western Oregon University.
Colgate University
University of Oklahoma
University of colorado-Boulder
Grand Valley State university
UT Dallas</p>
<p>Slithey–your response to 1stcolldad did not take into account the fact that about half of the GWU students get no merit/fin aid. If that’s the case, then 1stcolldad’s point still stands: $53K is just waaaay too high. For anyone. And I agree with 1stcolldad: As long as people try to justify these insane prices, the colleges will have zero incentive to stop raising tuition.</p>
<p>all state universities in the state of Illinois are required by state law to have the same tuition for each incoming cohort for 4 years.</p>
<p>University of Illinois
St. John’s University in Queens
Northern Arizona University
University of Kansas
George Washington University (the 9th Most expensive University on the planet)
Western Oregon University.
Colgate University (for internationals) (no info if this applies to domestic)
University of Oklahoma
University of colorado-Boulder
Grand Valley State university
UT Dallas</p>
<p>LadyDianeski, the OP asked for schools which don’t raise tuition above freshman year rates. GWU falls in that category–in fact, it extends that benefit through 10 consecutive semesters. I know, it’s just GWU trying to get parents to pay 5 years instead of 4. 
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<p>Like I said to the OP, it all depends. Some families need/want schools which have the lowest possible COA for all four years. Other families can afford up to a certain figure, and can use knowledge of fixed tuition in their calculations of what’s affordable. They’re my California poster child example, where a student comparing a UC at full-pay versus GWU with big merit might see GWU’s tuition guarantee as a tipping point given the uncertain finances at UC. And yet other families have few budget concerns, but still might like to know that their tuition costs are fixed. </p>
<p>If this was a thread that just asked for schools with low sticker price that freeze tuition for four years I wouldn’t have mentioned GWU. Colgate wouldn’t have (erroneously, I believe) appeared either–its COA for the next year is up in the low $50k range. </p>
<p>mommusic, I’ve never heard of a school requiring all four years tuition upfront, but there are schools where you can prepay four years tuition to lock in the freshman year rate. No idea how many families can actually manage to do this, since that means you’ve got upwards of $160k (for tuition alone) sitting in ready money. For those families, it can clearly be a better deal than 1% on passbook savings.</p>
<p>There used to be state programs or college specific programs where you could buy into tuition freezes. </p>
<p>I have a friend who loves GW. Had 3 kids, there and got a great tuition discount along with the price freeze. She has twins and a singleton, and had 3 there at a time for 3 years and 2 there for all 4.</p>
<p>I think if this is going to be a helpful list, it should be a list only, without negative comments in parentheses after names of colleges that the OP doesn’t like.</p>
<p>I get that GWU is expensive. So are all of the top private universities and liberal arts colleges. Look them up and you’ll see. You asked which schools keep tuition constant for 4 years. GWU happens to be one of them.</p>
<p>To answer an earlier question, Illinois does cap OOS tuition as well.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that though the tuition is held constant at these schools, they may still raise the fees, though those are quite a bit less expensive.</p>
<p>Colgate University (for internationals, no info if this applies to domestic)
George Washington University (9th most expensive University)
Grand Valley State university
Northern Arizona University
St. John’s University in Queens
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Illinois
University of Kansas
University of Oklahoma
UT Dallas
WUSTL (except you have to pay all 4 years upfront)
Western Oregon University</p>