Originally posted by Punkyhermy
So yeah...I'm sitting here trying to figure out what would be my annual cost for college tuition and fees. The room and board amount is set but the college tution one I'm confused.
So it says:
Undergrad Tuition:
In-State (1-3 Hours)
In-State(4-6)
and so forth to In-State (12 + Hours)
erm..I dunno which one should apply to me...
Can anyone help..?
If it's anything like in my experience, here's how I see it.
It sounds like the first option is where you reside both in the same state and the same county as the college. This always has the least amount of tuition rate.
With the second option, it sounds like it's if you live in the same state as the college, but not the same county. In my experience it was referred to "out-of-distrcit" tuition rate. It's a frustrating situation because you could live as little as one mile out of county range, but you'll be paying two to three times more just for that fact.
The last option sounds like you live in the same state as the college, but even if you live within the same county, if you just moved and haven't lived in the state for more than one calendar year then you'll be charged what is referred to as "out-of-state" tuition rate. Those are always the highest, in my experience up to five times as much tuition rates.
Hope this helps.
