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I love how people blow this off as no big deal. SHOW ME the RESULTS of what you're talking about.
Unless you're the 2% getting scholarships, grants, etc you are not getting a 80-90% discount.
I wonder what planet people are living on sometimes.
Heads are in the clouds.
Here's your proof. There are many articles, many web sites about this. Hopefully you didn't discourage someone from applying at a private university due to your misunderstanding on how common discounts are given and how large the discounts are. A lot of people don't realize this.
I have 2 family members attending an expensive private university right now. Both are getting approx 80% discount from the listed price. Some schools give more than others. There are many web sites that list the typical discounts for each college.
Private colleges have endowments and they are able to use the endowments to give discounts to students.
The average discount rate for first-time, full-time freshmen at private, nonprofit colleges was 48.6 percent for the 2015-2016 school year ..Around 88 percent of all full-time freshmen at these private colleges receive some form of institutional grant, and the average size of that award covers about 56 percent of the average tuition price...
For the most part, the schools that offer tuition discounts are "middle-tier" schools that charge $50,000 or $60,000 sticker prices, says Blontz from Financial Aid Coach, who adds many of these schools meet around 60 to 100 percent of need.
Got a Computer Science degree from Temple for a fraction of that price.
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Sarah Lawrence was ranked 59th best liberal arts college by US News World Report last year. The list of notable alumni that attended the college has many very famous names especially in the fields of entertainment.
The college also offers degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, physics.
Those who can afford it, will attend it. It's certainly not a junk degree like something from a for profit university, and the brand is certainly worth something.
I never understood why students aren't protesting on campus the cost of their own university instead of yelling at politicians. Picket your professors and administrators if you think tuition is too high. The freshmen are probably being taught by a bunch of graduate students, anyway, so why don't the freshmen get a discount on tuition?
Why would you picket professors? They don't set the prices. And students are protesting the cost of universities - - that's why they were largely for Bernie Sanders.
Got a Computer Science degree from Temple for a fraction of that price.
Maybe you did, but what's the hook? Because Temple Univetsity ain't cheap...it's just public.
But let's not get it confused. Temple IS NOT Sarah Lawrence by any stretch of the imagination. Not even close. They don't inhabit the same social, academic and political universe.
A liberal arts college - which the vast majority of the colleges and universities are - offer studies in many disciplines. Liberal arts today is focused on literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences - basically anything not having to do with professional, vocational, or technical training.
My son is attending a top 25 nationally ranked liberal arts college and majoring in bio-chem with a pre-med track. His roommate is an computer science engineering major. What this liberal arts college requires is that they both spend time taking courses in the humanities so they can learn the writing, communication, analytic, and data skills that will help them succeed in their chosen careers.
A liberal arts college - which the vast majority of the colleges and universities are - offer studies in many disciplines. Liberal arts today is focused on literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences - basically anything not having to do with professional, vocational, or technical training.
My son is attending a top 25 nationally ranked liberal arts college and majoring in bio-chem with a pre-med track. His roommate is an computer science engineering major. What this liberal arts college requires is that they both spend time taking courses in the humanities so they can learn the writing, communication, analytic, and data skills that will help them succeed in their chosen careers.
A good liberal arts education should be the foundation of any undergraduate syllabus.
Nowadays, its popular to denigrate the liberal arts.
These high dollar liberal arts schools are actually an example of a liberal utopia. The rich pay full freight to have their kids go there and are often tapped for hefty donations as well. Those of lesser means get scholarships paid by the high tuition and donations of the wealthy.
My beloved alma mater is approaching those tuition levels. 5 years ago at my reunion, one of the big questions we all asked was, "Is it worth it?" Most were not sure.
I majored in Political Science. Did not do me much good. Not saying that applies to everybody. I went on an earned an MBA.
College is what you make of it, but you need to have a plan. Maybe 3.
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