Renting somewhere cheap near a college campus (move out, afford, Denver)

[madysenjulia]

I am about to be going to college, I keep doubting to live in Nashville. My city's university does not offer my major, Computer Science. I would like to move out of Tennessee, somewhere peaceful, wilderness, somewhere different but like my home state, Washington State.
I would only need a one bedroom. But near a college that offers Computer Science. I keep doing my research but I am such a city girl, I want to look up BIG CITY universities. My mind would be happy living cheap for awhile, somewhere peacefull, near a big city.

Can someone help me?

[rubytue]

Originally Posted by madysenjulia

I am about to be going to college, I keep doubting to live in Nashville. My city's university does not offer my major, Computer Science. I would like to move out of Tennessee, somewhere peaceful, wilderness, somewhere different but like my home state, Washington State.
I would only need a one bedroom. But near a college that offers Computer Science. I keep doing my research but I am such a city girl, I want to look up BIG CITY universities. My mind would be happy living cheap for awhile, somewhere peacefull, near a big city.

Can someone help me?

Peaceful and wilderness are mutually exclusive with big city. Even someplace like Denver is not peaceful wilderness in the city. Why not UTK? Knoxville gives the small city vibe yet close to the mountains, and I know it offers CS. Virginia Tech has a great CS dept (my alma mater and a CS minor) and is in a very "peaceful wilderness" type town, but its not "big city."

Unsolicited advice - go to UTK with instate tuition so you don't end up massively in debt. Work hard for four years, then take that affordable degree and go somewhere awesome! My brother- and sister-in-law moved to Seattle with their UTK degrees and love it.