<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I was wondering if you guys could help me with a question here. I'm looking to attend the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in the fall, mostly because I need to pay for school myself (for other reasons also)...but when I was looking on their website for tuition costs I noticed that out of state tuition is only $8,567.00, but the operating fee is $10,419.00. I don't understand exactly what an 'operating fee' is and why it would be more than tuition. Seems kind of fishy to me...any help/suggestions would be so great!!</p>
<p>thanks,</p>
<p>micheal</p>