Being a freshman in '66, my cost for housing for a semester in Maxey was $125. (I had a corner room with extra long beds)
Wonder what it cost today?
Wonder what it cost today?
OT: USC Housing
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In 94 it was about $900, tuition wasn’t much more. Tuition went on to triple in barely 10/11 years.
Per semester
Housing: $4500 (average)
Meal plan: $2170 (average)
Tuition: $6144
and don’t forget all the miscellaneous fees usually totaling anywhere from $500-$1500
The cost of attendance is unsustainable these days
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You used to could flip burgers and pay your tuition. Calculus, English etc. haven't changed so why does it cost so much more to take them?
This actually seems pretty reasonable. I'd expect that USC is probably one of the best "bang for your buck" schools out there. But really, approx. $30,000 a year for everything is a great price.
What's always blown my mind is how much small, private colleges cost. Take Erskine for example. With tuition alone over $34,000 a year, the cost of attendance is a shade under $50,000 a year. I cannot ever imagine the return on that investment paying off for 95% of the students that go there.
I read a couple of years ago that the most expensive school in the country was Sarah Lawrence College in NYC, with the total cost exceeding 100k per year. I'm sure it's well above that now.
If student athletes only stopped and considered how much they are already getting paid. Those who will be turning pro in something other than sports are keenly aware of this.
$4500 for a little over 3 months? A steep price for dorm living, not to mention sharing the dorm with another student, In the case of being stuck with a roommate that would be the equivalent of splitting a $3000 a month apartment (it's Columbia, SC). Sheesh!
Yeah the room and board is nuts! The apartments downtown and the non university owned apartments know how much campus dorms are and their rent is similarly high.
Although if a student is ok living 5 miles from campus, they can save thousands each year by living in a "normal" Columbia apartment.
For a 4 year university experience, it's not a bad deal considering the rest of the market.
However it still bother me that cost of attendance went up over 30 percent in the last decade since I was a student.
privatization of services that use to be handled by local and national government/institutions
But if said apartment complex doesn't shuttle to campus they are stuck fighting for a parking spot, either in a garage or driving around looking for one. It's not like the University is adding additional parking with all these buildings they are adding. In fact, just the opposite.
Certainly an option. However, if we're being honest, very few are going to commute by those means. It doesn't change the fact that the University keeps putting buildings up on top of former parking lots while not replacing the parking they are taking away.
I love cycling but those are not safe means of transportation in traffic and caution against it.
That's why doctors refer to them as "potential organ donors".
Housing is the biggest racket known to man. Laughable.
I don’t think it’s that bad. It’s a good four months in the dorms each semester, and many are open during Christmas break if you wanted to stay on campus. Take into account electricity, water, garbage, cable, etc are all paid for - and you have the convenience of being right on campus. It’s a great deal.
And really, much of what you pay for is convenience. No finding a place in the city, no having to put your name (or most likely your parent’s names) on the lease, the power bill, cable bill, garbage bill, etc. No having to close out all those services each year either. And again, you’re right on campus. Oh, and you only have to pay for nine months, not a whole year (which also skews the price higher when thinking of living off campus).
All in all, on-campus is a good deal.
Only Bates, Capstone, Columbia Hall, McBryde, Patterson, Preston and one dorm on the Women's Quad remain open during Winter Break. All others are closed.