Leaving college in two months, finally coming to terms with how my repayment schedule is going to look.
If you're willing, post the cost of your first bachelor's degree. I'll begin, since I don't think anyone is going to beat my number. Also post the name of the school you attended, and the degree you received. This is the whole package that you owe, not necessarily every single cost of the degree like books etc.
University of Miami (private)
bachelors of science in Industrial Engineering
$143,000.00
how much did your undergraduate college education cost?
I did one year at Northwestern, 40 grand. Now I'm at a Canadian school, a much more not insane 10 grand a year.
Me, public junior college and now public university at zero cost (Thank you, Florida Bright Futures Scholarship).
Law School is $12 500 a year.
God, I love Canada. Socialism rocks. :P
" University of Wisconsin - Madison. Was bout 7k per semester. Just about debt free in another half a year of working. "hey that's where i go!
Finishing up an Associates in Social/Behavioral Sciences here at a community college in Maryland for I guess $0. Just had to pay for books.
@CitizenKane said:
Me, public junior college and now public university at zero cost (Thank you, Florida Bright Futures Scholarship). "I'm kinda tempted to move back to Florida once I start working on a Bachelor's because my parents have been investing in one of those Florida college prepaid plans, it will make things easier to just go to a college down there.
Here in Australia I am accruing a debt of roughly AU $8,000 per year, my course is only three years and I can defer the fees because the Australian Government has a scheme of low interest loans to students- the loan will be paid back through a tax when my income is high enough.
Note: $8k Australian= ~$8k US
Getting a JD here though, at least in my opinion, is still more worthwhile than going to the States. We only have ~12 schools, so the market is widely available; the articuling rate at my school is at or around 98%. I had thought briefly of studying at NYU or Georgetown, but I couldn't get over the cost.
" @NeVeRMoRe666 said:We are kinda socalist but you know what canada is bad ass." @DriveupLife: My undergrad was probably a little bit under $24 000, altogether. Law School is $12 500 a year. God, I love Canada. Socialism rocks. :P "canada is socialist? the fuck? "
University of Minnesota
Computer Science
$90,000
Very proud that I've managed to pay off half of that in 4 years after graduation without ever moving back in with the 'rents or receiving help from anyone. It'll be nice to actually start saving once this weight is off my shoulders.
" Bachelor in Media informatics @ Kirstianstad Högskola - Cost: FREEMaster in Interaction design @ Malmö Högskola - Cost: FREE Swedish education baby! They even pay you around $200-$300 a month just for studying. "@Icemael said:
" Nothing. Studying is free in Sweden. "I now officially hate Sweden.
$15,000 NZ in course fees so far and around $12,000 NZ to go.
At the University of Auckland, originally studying Electrical Engineering, but switched over to Software Engineering.
Massey University, New Zealand
BInfSc joint major Computer Science and Information Technology.
About $16,000 :)
Lived with my parents and didn't have to pay rent. Our government subsidises a lot of it and we have interest free loans. New Zealand is pretty awesome, you should come.
Edit: Sweden does sound a bit cooler though lol. I get paid a bit from the government to study but not that much. Still gotta pay the course fees each year too.
I paid 6000 CAD per semester in Canada for a year and then I said F it and went home to Sweden to study for free. It was a great experience, but it wasn't worth that much money and my scholarship only covered roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the tuition cost. Still I have €30k in student loans because even though school is free you still have to pay rent, buy food etc.
Nothing. In Australia you can defer payments until you earn over a certain amount, in which case it will be subtracted from one's salary.
Spanish here. Not really the same system, but my 5 year degree went for about 3000 euros. Not per year, the whole thing.
It was kind of annoying, because my family did not qualify to get that for free by so little (only a tiny bit over the income level at which higher education stops being free and you even get some money to pay for books and rent).
Some of the prices here are nuts :S
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland.
Computer Engineering
6 years of schooling
School expenses when all said and done will be roughly $25,000
I'm $8000 in the hole with student loans now 2 years in. I get enough grants along with my student loans to pay living expenses, and in Newfoundland there is ZERO interest on student loans.
There are also paid work terms starting in year 4, and they pay well enough such that loans aren't needed anymore, so really my debt will be under $20K when I finish.
" Nothing. In Australia you can defer payments until you earn over a certain amount, in which case it will be subtracted from one's salary. "HECS SUP!?
Journalism degree is going to be about 20k or something. Don't have to worry about that for a while though.
Right now I'm paying 16,5€ (that doesn't go to the University, it's wasted on stupid student groups who waste it on useless gender studies and shit) a semester. I'm in my 4th. After the 8th I'd have to pay something over 300€/semester. The majority of the money I spend is on train tickets (55€/month) and the subway ticket (50€/4 months). And anything I might need like books and shit.
They are thinking about putting the 300€/semster in place from the start though.
In the UK my fees alone will be £10,000 for all three years then there is living costs etc which is running at about £6k a year at least (london is expensive) but this all pales in comparison to what some students in the US have to pay. Even when the fees rise to £9,000 a year for england students its going to be tiny in comparison.
I go to University in Scotland. So after 5 years of study I don't have to pay a single thing, the government funds university for all Scottish people who study in Scotland. Win.
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