Looks like the feds have recategorized some degrees as non professional, and will have lower cap limit for student loans. Hopefully it’ll make some schools rethink their tuition structure.
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Don’t expect UH to lower their prices…UH tuition is many times greater than when RK walked onto campus and we took out so much debt, for upgrade projects, that i only see costs going up…and up.
There are definitely more feasible college tuition costs than the University of Houston
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The cost of attending the University of Houston for the academic year 2024-2025 is as follows:
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$9,717 for in-state students
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$16,614 for on-campus living
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Total Cost of Attendance (COA) :
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$27,761 for in-state students
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No justifications whatsoever for these high costs. SHAMEFULL does not describe it. This is valid for all public schools. Absolutely disgusting.
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And architecture is a 5 year degree.
Worth pointing out that the “professional” distinction isn’t applicable to undergraduate degrees, and at UH, it seems like it mostly would mostly affect out-of-state Master’s students. Not sure how many of those we realistically have in the first place.
In 1966 Tuition and Fees were $99 per semester, $198 for the year.
Using $9717 as the current annual cost, I put both numbers in my Tx Instruments Financial calculator and see the annual rate of change as 6.62%.
Earlier I had calculated my price per square foot change on buying personal residences. That was 4.11%.
If UH Tuition had only increased 4.11% since 1966 it would cost $2230 per year to attend UH now.
In other words it costs 4 times as much to attend UH as it could have cost has the cost risen by a normal inflation amount.
That is $7,000 per year more, $35,000 more if you take 5 years to graduate.
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Great analysis. There is ZERO justification for it, none.
Funny complaining about UH tuition after so many on this board were adamant against some reparation when it came to student loan relief. “Free” govt money is why tuition has skyrocketed over the past couple decades at all universities.
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I think there’s space for both the argument that tuition has gone up more than it should have and that the government shouldn’t be in the habit of bailing people out of their bad decisions. (And yes, that included the PPP loans and the bailouts in ‘08.)
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I think the difference is that tuition went up because of govt action, so not really bailing them out but correcting what they caused.
Big difference.
Unless you are saying that people should have stopped going to college.
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Going to college was a personal decision that they made.
I’m also skeptical that tuition went up “because of government action.” Community colleges and the UHDs of the world manage to be much more affordable. It seems more likely that students demand and are willing to pay for the amenities that higher tuition and fees fund, especially when the immediate cost is deferred.
Nice hijack.
That said, yes.
No forgiveness of student loans unless people like yours truly get back pay for the loans we had to pay off the hard way.
Oh, and according to the Constitution, Congress must approve.
Basic economics. Any time you add a bunch of money to an industry, the prices will rise. In this case, the govt opened up a much larger amount of money to students needing to pay for college. With students having a lot more access to funds, the colleges raised rates to get their share of the easy money. So yes, the govt had a direct hand in the huge increases in tuition. Feel free to do more research on it. Not me guessing at it.
Everything is a personal decision. No one complained about giving people money to buy electric cars, yet that is a personal decision too. Everything is a personal decision, but college impacts the rest of your life opportunities. It is not just a personal decision but the way to actually improve your life and that of your community. A real personal decision is deciding to eat at home or at Taco Bell.
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Not a hijack as it is directly related to the increase in UH and other schools tuitions compared to inflation since 1966, but you were in college before the student loan debate drastically advanced tuition rates for an undergrad degree. So no you do not get a refund. Neither do I on my undergrad loans.
Do I get money back when everyone buys a new electric car on my tax payer dollars while I am stuck with a several year older car?
Not asking for one.
But yes, no student loan forgiveness for anybody unless I get back pay for the law school loans that I paid off without assistance.
And incidentally, no royal decrees from the Oval Office to that effect.
And if those people fail to pay back their cars, they’ll be repossessed. Don’t take out a loan you can’t pay back. It really is that simple.
Big difference.
Govt is lowering the cost of cars to ease the loan.
Govt raised the costs of education to make the loan harder.
Car loans can also be cheaper than education loans on interest rates.
I started at UH in 1996 and my full year tuition for 30 hours was $5,000.
Also another example is govt tax breaks for mortgages. So why buy a house and need a tax break…