How will you rank the big name Pennsylvania Universities

[trackstar13]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Your one link mentioned IUP at $20K for in-state. The comparable in MD would be Towson, just under$24K.

UMD College Park, in state at $24K to $28K. Penn State at $34K.

Salisbury in MD $20K, Clarion at $15K

The numbers include all fees, room and board.

Your links don't disprove my original statement. I'll grant you that PA costs are rising. Even after being in MD for over 30 years I will tell you that a student at a PA public college gets a better education than one at a MD state school.

Look at the Chronicle of Higher Education link I posted, it has the tuition and fees listed for all universities for several years. Here is more information about the example you provided above:

Towson University
In State Tuition = $8,590
Room and Board = $11,260
Out of State Tuition = $20,268
In State Total = $19,850
Out of State Total = $31,528

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
In State Tuition = $9,470
Room and Board = $11,290
Out of State Tuition = $20,965
In State Total = $20,760
Out of State Total = $32,255

Your numbers are also wrong for Penn State and Clarion and all of the PA colleges you mentioned above are more expensive than the Maryland comparisons.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by trackstar13

Look at the Chronicle of Higher Education link I posted, it has the tuition and fees listed for all universities for several years. Here is more information about the example you provided above:

Towson University
In State Tuition = $8,590
Room and Board = $11,260
Out of State Tuition = $20,268
In State Total = $19,850
Out of State Total = $31,528

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
In State Tuition = $9,470
Room and Board = $11,290
Out of State Tuition = $20,965
In State Total = $20,760
Out of State Total = $32,255

Your numbers are also wrong for Penn State and Clarion and all of the PA colleges you mentioned above are more expensive than the Maryland comparisons.

Then you need to let those colleges know since I got them straight from each school's admissions site. They must be lying.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

I find the last bit a little farfetched. Those rivalries must be insane then.

Has nothing to do with school rivalries but the opinion of some about UMD.

[KevinE]

1. Kutztown
2. Bloomsberg
3. Lock Haven

You will not find a better truck driver than a Kutztown grad!

[trackstar13]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Then you need to let those colleges know since I got them straight from each school's admissions site. They must be lying.

Actually if the number's you posted are correct the schools are lying, because the numbers on the Chronicle website are the numbers that are self reported by the universities to the U.S Department of Education. Just to further investigate this, I decided to look at the university websites for you. The links are included below and you will notice that the tuition numbers I posted from the Chronicle directly match the numbers from the university websites. I think you may have been confused a little because for some reason Towson includes an estimate for books while IUP does not. I have also included a link for another article below that lists PA as the third most expensive state in the U.S. for public university tuition costs.

Undergraduate - Bursar - IUP
Tuition and Costs - Tuition and Financial Aid - Undergraduate Admissions - Admissions - Towson University
Top 10 Most Expensive States to go to College