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How overpriced is education in America? Per year... For a UC in California (public school): ~$31000 on-campus, $28000 off-campus (see http://www.universityofc

• edwardy20 15y ago
  UC must be one of the expensive schools. The average isn't too bad: "In 2011-12, public four-year colleges charge, on average, $8,244 in tuition and fees for in-state students. The average surcharge for full-time out-of-state students at these institutions is $12,526." http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/4494.html http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/4494.html
  • mscali 15y ago
    That average includes some a large number of schools that many high-achievers wouldn't consider as they won't meet many other high achievers there, nor will they meet many high achieving faculty. If an American is unable to get merit scholarships at top schools, they're likely looking at $100-200k in tuition and expenses for a BS.
• edwinnathaniel 15y ago
  Leave the private schools out since all of them are expensive and there's no boundary to how expensive they can be. Also leave out the miscellaneous and focus on Tuition fee alone. It looks like UCs are charging almost triple of what you can get from UBC. Hm... get your Canadian permanent residency and start enrolling to UBC or UWaterloo then? :D UBC CS program is quite good and consistent :) (excuse me for the marketing) http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~simonsyd/acm/history.php http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~simonsyd/acm/history.php