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Your question below does not allow response, so I will respond here. Cascadia College ~$4300/year tuition. Connecticut State Colleges and Universities ~$4300/y

Your question below does not allow response, so I will respond here. Cascadia College ~$4300/year tuition. Connecticut State Colleges and Universities ~$4300/year tuition. Northern Oklahoma College $4000~5000/year tuition. University of South Florida ~$6400/year tuition. Utah State University Eastern < $4000/year tuition. This is not a list of the cheapest colleges. It is a random selection based on geography. $5000 at $8/hour = 625 hours = 12.5 hours/week for 50 weeks.

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago
That doesn't account for room and board, nor taxation. I took a look at the Conneticut State Colleges and Universities Residents requirements and they say "On campus room and board is provided by the school at a cost of $11,816 per academic year." That's huge. In fact, the amount they estimate(1) it'll cost is $25,152 - at $8/hr that's 3144 hours, or 251 weeks at 12.5 hours/week. That's 5 years of saving for one year. If you live off campus at a cheap place ($600/month - I couldn't find a place that cheap, but I assumed that it must exist), that's $7,200 for the year for housing, which ends up being 4 years of work at part time. Paying for university is actually the cheap part of living there. 1) http://www.collegecalc.org/colleges/connecticut/central-connecticut-state-university/ http://www.collegecalc.org/colleges/connecticut/central-conn...
- freeopinion 8y ago
  Paying for university is the cheap part of most college experiences. That's part of the point. People are whining about student debt. But they are using that debt to pay rent, but cars, order another round of beer, buy another laptop... If you want a college education, they can be had in quality for under $15,000/year total. Tuition, fees, books, rent, food, laundry, everything. No car, used laptop, state school. If there isn't one across the street from you, look around. My kids are spread across the country. So far, they all have degrees they can be proud of. University of Nebraska has campus housing as low as $4000/year. Tuition and fees ~$9000/year. Boise State has 3 bedroom apartments for $825/month. Tuition and fees ~$8000/year. $2000 scholarship to residents with 3.3+ GPA. Arizona State has apartments for ~$5000/year. Tuition and fees ~$11000/year. Georgia Tech has apartments for ~$6400/year. Tuition and fees ~$12500/year If you don't have the money, don't expect MIT. But you can get a decent--sometimes best-in-class--STEM degree from state colleges. Go in with five roomates on rent. Cook planned meals. Give up your smart phone and its $60/month plan. Pretend like you're really poor. Live like you're really, really poor. For four years. Then when you're done, lose out on real big job offers to MIT grads and settle for something under 6 figures (read 7 figures in Silicon Valley).

SketchySeaBeast 8y ago

That doesn't account for room and board, nor taxation. I took a look at the Conneticut State Colleges and Universities Residents requirements and they say "On campus room and board is provided by the school at a cost of $11,816 per academic year." That's huge. In fact, the amount they estimate(1) it'll cost is $25,152 - at $8/hr that's 3144 hours, or 251 weeks at 12.5 hours/week. That's 5 years of saving for one year. If you live off campus at a cheap place ($600/month - I couldn't find a place that cheap, but I assumed that it must exist), that's $7,200 for the year for housing, which ends up being 4 years of work at part time. Paying for university is actually the cheap part of living there. 1) http://www.collegecalc.org/colleges/connecticut/central-connecticut-state-university/ http://www.collegecalc.org/colleges/connecticut/central-conn...

freeopinion 8y ago
Paying for university is the cheap part of most college experiences. That's part of the point. People are whining about student debt. But they are using that debt to pay rent, but cars, order another round of beer, buy another laptop... If you want a college education, they can be had in quality for under $15,000/year total. Tuition, fees, books, rent, food, laundry, everything. No car, used laptop, state school. If there isn't one across the street from you, look around. My kids are spread across the country. So far, they all have degrees they can be proud of. University of Nebraska has campus housing as low as $4000/year. Tuition and fees ~$9000/year. Boise State has 3 bedroom apartments for $825/month. Tuition and fees ~$8000/year. $2000 scholarship to residents with 3.3+ GPA. Arizona State has apartments for ~$5000/year. Tuition and fees ~$11000/year. Georgia Tech has apartments for ~$6400/year. Tuition and fees ~$12500/year If you don't have the money, don't expect MIT. But you can get a decent--sometimes best-in-class--STEM degree from state colleges. Go in with five roomates on rent. Cook planned meals. Give up your smart phone and its $60/month plan. Pretend like you're really poor. Live like you're really, really poor. For four years. Then when you're done, lose out on real big job offers to MIT grads and settle for something under 6 figures (read 7 figures in Silicon Valley).