In fact, the 2023 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study, conducted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, reported that in the 2023–24 academic year, just over 90% of first-time undergraduates at institutions surveyed received institutional grant aid, which covered an av...
Cost of attendance Tuition & fees: $41,540 Room & board: $14,650 Books & supplies: $1,250 Transportation: $1,100 Other expenses: $1,880 Total cost: $60,420 Rate of increase in price Rate of tuition increase: 5.4% Rate of tuition & fees and room & board increase: 5.2% Average ...
Stephen Mangum, dean of theHaslam College of Businessat the University of Tennessee—Knoxville, sums up the key factors in the value calculation: your likely earnings stream if you do not pursue an advanced degree versus your earnings stream if you do obtain one, the direct costs of the addit...
He may have a point about the cost. College tuition has quadrupled since 1980 but Thiel says many colleges are unaccountable, bloated institutions where students are learning less than ever before. He says a degree has little more than snob value. Peter Thiel: There are all sorts of vocational...