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Everyone always ask " How much does it cost to go to college today?"
I've been recording the cost as my son gets his college education.
The numbers and totals below have come off of his
college tuition and book receipts
Understand that everyone college
education is different, but I'm sharing this
to show parents what they can expect in "today's" cost of a
college education.
Note that my son still lives at home so the costs shown does not show
living expenses - only tuition and books.
Going from homeschool to a Jr. College was a good transition,
plus it saved him quite a few thousands dollars.
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Two-year colleges. Usually two-year colleges
are community colleges. Many are strictly commuter colleges
with no on-campus housing.
These colleges generally offer classes at lower costs and
tend to have a lower student-to-teacher ratio than larger
four-year schools.
By:
Crown
Financial Ministries
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As you can
see from the figures below going to a Jr. College to get
your core classes can save you an estimate of
$1100.00 - 1200.00- per semester !!
That's $2,200 per year not including summer classes.
* 2007 - ASU
has raised their tuition an estimated $16.00 per credit.
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SACHSA does not endorse any
one Jr. College or University.
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Spring of 2005
4-Classes/ 12 credit hours at Howard College San Angelo
Click here to see Howard College web site for
current tuition cost.
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Out of District Tuition
(main campus is in Big Spring) $480.00
Base Out of District Tuition $180.00
Building Fee $50.00
Student Service Fee 1-5 hours $15.00
Student Service Fee 6+ hours $21.00
Lab fees are $20.00
Total $766.00
Books cost last semester (spring 2005) for 4 classes -
$347.32 (all used books) -this was one
of his cheaper book bill .
Total w/books $1,113.32
He sells back all his books and avgs. about $60.00 per
semester.
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From the Student Accounts Coordinator at
ASU
Tx Resident ( living at home )
These amounts are from
Judy Stanley the Student Accounts
Coordinator
at ASU
- for Fall and Spring 2005 -2006
* other fees may apply
12 credit hours cost is $1745.00 for the
semester + most fees listed in ASU catalog.
* but does not include Graduate Tuition.
Projected Total- $1745.00
Books - $400- 600
Projected Total w/$500.00 in book cost = $2245.00
Fees
not included this the above amounts:
Parking is $32.00 which is for Fall and Spring semesters
together, which is paid for in the Fall.
If a student has any labs with their classes, each lab
is $15.00.
For Kinesiology classes there is a $10.00 per class fee
*Graduate tuition is $20.00 per
semester hour in addition to the other fees
- This is not paid by every
student every semester.
-This is for students who have
already graduated and are going to Graduate School
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Fall
of 2006 4-Classes/ 12 credit hours at Angelo State University
Click here to see Angelo State University web site for current tuition
cost.
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13 credit
hours - 5 courses (1 course is a PE course and is 1 credit)
Tuition - $2125.90
Books - $648.69
Total - $2774.59
(This does not included parking)
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Our current cost for college 2004- 2007
$16,321.33
(Tuition and books only)
A BIG Thank you to Home Depot for their tuition reimbursement program.
My son gets back 1/2 of tuition and 1/2 books (
not reflected in cost above.)
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