In my rural located college it was 9k per year for undergrad tuition if you lived in-state, add 5k or more if you aren't from the state, but you also needed foo

In my rural located college it was 9k per year for undergrad tuition if you lived in-state, add 5k or more if you aren't from the state, but you also needed food and a place to live and books and computer. I would expect atleast 12k per year for a decent college if you don't do anything but eat ramen. Maybe take 1-2k off for a community college, tuition makes it look like a bigger savings but there are a lot of extras you lose by not going to a campus university. Of course you might need others things too like a car if you aren't on a larger more urban (and thus more expensive) campus. But that obviously varies. The "good" univeristy in my state would be more like 20k for tuition in-state and like 35k for out of staters.