How much college cost
I decided to go back through the records and dig up exactly how much it cost for me to go to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks for 4 years. It was technically 8 semesters and 2 summers. This is not yet figuring in books because I don’t have the figures for that at the moment, but I might add them in the future. I’m just going to guess about $500/semester, and $200 total for summer. So we can add about $4200 to the final cost out of pocket, and it should be almost right on. Also, I’m neglecting cost of living, which was a little high. But, if I wasn’t going to school, I would have had to pay that anyway, so I’m going to ignore that completely.
Cost
| Health Center Fees | 660 |
| Transportation/Parking Fees | 342 |
| Computer Science Dept. Fees | 84 |
| Campus Activity Fees | 12 |
| General Tech Fee | 435 |
| Culinary Arts Fee | 75 |
| Computer Network/Use Fees | 356 |
| Student Government Fees | 195 |
| Student Life Fees | 520 |
| Meal Plan | 7320 |
| Student Recreation Center Fees | 300 |
| Lower Level Tuition | 6266 |
| Orientation | 30 |
| Sports Pass | 49 |
| Upper Level Tuition | 6129 |
| Campus Housing | 12944 |
| Off-Campus Housing | 1500 |
| Lab Fees | 387 |
| Alcohol Education Class/Punishment | 25 |
| Fine for leaving peanut butter out over XMAS | 50 |
Payment
| Employee Training Tuition Waiver | 327 |
| UA Scholars Tuition | 11000 |
| UA Scholars and RA Housing | 8442 |
| Payment | 17693 |
So, I went to school for around $20,000 once you include books and all. Not too bad when you consider the average college tuition.
The average tuition at four-year public colleges and universities is $5,836 for the 2006-07 school year.
Total Out of Pocket: 17693 (47%)
Total Paid by UA: 19769 (53%)
Total: 37462
So, I made out pretty well, I don’t have any debt, and I’ll make that money back in one year easily working in my field.
