I wondered why my honey sent me this link to MSN Money's "The 100 Best Values in Public Colleges." He usually doesn't pay attention to anything other than metal-related news on the web.
Then I see that my graduate school alma mater, UNC-Chapel Hill, is ranked #1.
Top-ranked UNC has kept its price well below average -- charging about $4,600 for in-state tuition and fees in the 2005-06 academic year (and $12,029 per year when you add in room, board and books) -- while providing generous financial assistance. It's the only school in our survey that meets 100% of each student's financial need.
I admit, when I meet folks who own up to being tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of dollars in debt just for an undergraduate or masters' degree, I enjoy watching their reactions when I tell them that, by the time I was working just on dissertation hours and had completed my graduate coursework, my tuition and fees each semester was roughly around, oh, $800.
Posted by kswygert at January 13, 2006 08:22 AM