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Many people, me included, frequently complain about all of the politics required to get the least bit of funding for anything from my university. Then I read so
by gliese1337 14y ago
Many people, me included, frequently complain about all of the politics required to get the least bit of funding for anything from my university. Then I read something like this and that kind of trouble suddenly seems much better than the alternative.
According to NCES[1], the average total cost per year of attendance at a 4-year private institution in 2009-2010 was $32,475. The cost for BYU was $4,290[2]. There's tons of construction going on all the time, but BYU doesn't add floor space without a donor who can guarantee long-term financial support for the facility. And we still manage to have nationally and internationally recognized programs in among other things, computer animation and ancient languages, so clearly you don't need a whole lot more money to do good instruction and good research.
It makes me wonder what exactly there is to cut that manages to use up all of the 9-times higher costs of other institutions.
[1]http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76
[2]http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=85 http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=85
- MaxGabriel 14y agoThis disclaimer was on the BYU website. Do you know how much that is? "* A significant portion of the cost of operating the university is paid from the tithes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Therefore, students and families of students who are tithe-paying members of the Church have already made a contribution to the operation of the university. Because others will not have made this contribution, they are charged a higher tuition, a practice similar in principle to that of state universities charging higher tuition to nonresidents."
- gliese1337 14y agoYes, I do. That's why I quoted the price for non-LDS students. The price for tuition for LDS students, as listed on the same page, is about half of that; but, as the disclaimer says, you also have to take into account that they're paying an additional 10% of their total income.
- MaxGabriel 14y agoThanks! I am not really familiar with tithing, and when I first looked at the chart I didn't understand that LDS meant you payed a tithe.
- lotharbot 14y agoTithing is required for LDS who want a "Temple recommend" [0] (which itself is a prerequisite for temple marriage, exaltation, and so on.) [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_%28LDS_Church%29#Entrance_requirements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_%28LDS_Church%29#Entranc...
- forrestthewoods 14y agoI'm extremely impressed that the non-tithing rate is $4,710 and the tithing rate is $2,355 [1]. By comparison UCLA is $12,686 in-state tuition and $35,564 out of state [2]. [1] http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=85 http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=85 [2] http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/budget.htm http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/budget.htm
- ajtaylor 14y agoWhen I was attending BYU back in the mid 90's, my tuition bill was about $1200 a year (I'm LDS & it could have been per semester - I can't recall). Regardless of whether I paid per semester or year, that's an incredible lack of inflation 20 years later!