This post was originally posted in May. With this year’s high school juniors and seniors beginning to look at, and apply to, colleges and universities, we’re running the article again.
Virginia has fifteen excellent public universities with costs that vary and continue to rise. Below are the totals for tuition, room, board, and fees for the 2015/2016 school year.
Christopher Newport University instate $23,460, out of state $34,658. Details here.
College of William and Mary instate $30,350, out of state $55,730. Details here.
George Mason University instate $21,566 (depending on room and board options), out of state $41,144. More here.
James Madison University (12+ credit hours) instate $19,250, out of state $34,394. Details here.
Longwood University instate $23,468, out of state $35,628. Details here.
Norfolk State University instate $16,176, out of state $29,320. Details here.
Old Dominion University instate $19,000 (estimate, room rates vary), out of state approximately $38,220. More here.
Radford University instate $17,990, out of state $30, 574. Details here.
University of Mary Washington instate $20,982, out of state $34,268. Details here.
University of Virginia, college of Arts and Sciences, instate $28,932, out of state $58,518 to $59,498 more details and costs for the other colleges within the University here.
University of Virginia at Wise instate $13,332, out of state $28,566. More here.
Virginia Commonwealth University instate $21,635, out of state $36,686. Details here.
Virginia Military Institute instate $23,890, out of state $45,946. Details here.
Virginia Tech University instate $19, 941, out of state $35,972. More here.
Virginia State University instate $18,478, out of state $28,650. Details here.
Now for something completely different, and fun, “17 Signs You Go to School in Virginia”.
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Out of all the listed above only one college costs more then we spend on special ed and esl students in K through 12. That is the largest drain on resources. Put a cap on special ed spending and use more dual enrollment to cut college costs.
Much of that Special ed money is inflated costs that aren’t necessary. It’s used as a way to get more state and federal money.
[…] a university president is a very good job. We recently reported on the costs at public universities in Virginia, costs that have risen 36% over the last 7 years. Incomes for our university presidents have also […]
“How bad has it gotten? Well, we’ve reached the point at which many, probably most, universities have more administrators than they have teaching faculty.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/05/25/college-administrators-education-reform-pay-column/27912921/
Funny isn’t it, how the tuition cost is higher than what a student can expect to make at their job per year after they graduate. That is if they can even find a job!
Depends on the major. Most engineers get jobs as do many business and econ majors. French literature majors, not so much.