<p>NYU if you pay all 4 years upfront</p>
<p>Sewanee promises to reduce the cost of tuition every year from now on, which sounds promising</p>
<p>Have to chime in on GW. D is here in Elliott School and got great merit offer even though not a vali or salut- guaranteed all 4 years- and has lots of friends with excellent finaid packages. With the opportunities that D has had, wouldnt change a thing. The only uni on her list that would have cost less was our state university and with all the budget cuts over the past 2 years, may just have cost as much if not more in the long run.</p>
<p>UChicago if you pay all 4 years up front.</p>
<p>Not sure if this makes a difference, but I can clarify (a little) as to how the St. John’s in Queens same tuition worked. St. John’s did not keep tuition the same automatically–if you wanted to keep your tuition the same, you had to pay an “increased” amount each semester. Essentially, you were betting the system. You hoped that the increased amount you paid at the beginning would be less than the eventual tuition increases.</p>
<p>ie (using random numbers):</p>
<p>St. John’s tuition might have been:
2008-9: 21000
2009-10: 24000
2010-11: 27000
2011-12: 27500</p>
<p>For the tuition to stay the same, they would charge you an increased amount the first semester and continue that for all four years–ie. you would pay 25000 per year.</p>
<p>This could have changed though. Hope it helps.</p>
<p>I know WashU does if you pay all 4 years up front, but I think this is something that many schools do.</p>
<p>At Dartmouth, you can pay for all 4 years upfront at the current year’s tuition rate.</p>
<p>A bit off-topic —
<a href=“https://www.privatecollege529.com/[/url]”>https://www.privatecollege529.com/</a> is a tax savings plan I take advantage of.</p>
<p>The general idea is that you pre-pay (any fraction of) college tuition. The tax savings is a bit obscure, but comes about because you are not taxed on the tuition rate increases your savings accumulate. Three conditions are present that make this plan worthy of consideration for many, but by no means right for everybody:</p>
<ol>
<li>You have to have the cash upfront;</li>
<li>The investment has to sit for 3 years before use;</li>
<li>A nice list of private colleges participate, but far from all of them.</li>
</ol>
<p>I bought the senior year of tuition for my daughter after she picked her school. In the summer of 2010 her school used the 2009/10 tuition as a basis, and sweetened the deal with a 1% discount. After one year my investment has appreciated ~ 9% tax free.</p>
<p>Rice University & you don’t have to pay all four years upfront!</p>
<p>You can prepay any portion of four yrs. tuition/fees at Penn (University of Pennsylvania at the current rate (which goes up every year, of course).</p>
<p>GWU is extremely generous with need/merit based aid if you really need the money. I know that from personal experience lolz it’s only slightly more expensive than my state school at this point</p>
<p>GWU also offers “buy one, get one half-price” - so it can be a good deal for siblings.</p>
<p>Harvard and Dartmouth if you pay all 4 years upfront.</p>
<p>My son got a letter today from Niagara University which said that it offers a level tuition plan for all 4 years.</p>
<p>Plutonium guy is right about KU. Also USC “if paid in advance”. Not that anyone in my lifetime is going to be able to pay for 4 years of tuition in advance…but I at least I thought i’d mention it. We’re actually considering trying to scrape together 2 years worth…to at least lock in year two at USC.</p>
<p>What about PSU?</p>
<p>I think a separate list should be made for the “all 4 years upfront” schools. Seriously, if you can afford to put up all 4 years right away, you’re probably loaded with cash and couldn’t care less whether tuition goes up each year. This sort of arrangement doesnt exactly help the average middle class student</p>
<p>im pretty sure psu is going through some pretty big tuition increases, so i would so no</p>
<p>^^^^ I’m not so sure about PSU. They’re already at a pretty high price point, top of the heap, or close, for state schools. They may be forced to examine their own cost structure (long overdue, in my opinion).</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has the pre-pay option for 4 years. We actually did this (S is now a soph) and have already saved several thousand dollars. Of course, it doesn’t include housing, books, etc.</p>