What is the total yearly cost of out-of-state college in Phoenix, Arizona?
I don't mean just the tuition but approximately how much will it cost each year for tuition, books, a place to live, gas, etc. I also plan on majoring in journalism if that helps any. I don't mean just the tuition but approximately how much will it cost each year for tuition, books, a place to live, gas, etc. I also plan on majoring in journalism if that helps any. Preferably ASU, but any other college in Phoenix is fine.
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Answer 1 :
Which college? I'll check back later once you've added that... Pepper's link above is great if you plan to go to ASU. Out of state you'd have the tuition which is easy to find. But on top of that, if you aren't living with family or really nice friends who give you free rent, you'd wind up paying rent or whatever fee for living on campus if you do it that way. I think living on campus would simply double the tuition amount. Books...some classes you can get away with not using them even if they're required. Others...you should look around online at places like Amazon and half.com to significantly reduce that cost. Gas right now is $2.80 per...last time I checked. Keep in mind that ASU keeps raising their tuition. They just raised it another 3%, and that may have been just for in state...I think it might be 7+% for out of state! But its still cheaper than most schools of the same caliber. So if tuition is about $8,000 per semester, and you manage to get books for $150 per semester, you live on campus at another $8,000 per semester, say $100 worth of gas per month (or maybe $600 per semester), you could be looking at something like almost $20,000 per semester. Those figures aren't accurate of course. You can search for a room to rent elsewhere for, say, $400 per month so that would turn out to be $2,000 over 5 months. You could do work study which decreases your tuition amount (and gives you experience). You could use public transportation to get around with ASU's $40 per semester bus pass. Essentially, instead of $20,000 it could decrease to around $17,000 before work study. Don't forget that if you filled out the FAFSA you could get grants which could/would cut the tuition in half. Also, you have your food cost. I imagine that would amount to $150 per month. If you still want to come here despite the cost, be sure to take your steps to become a state resident so the following year you could get in state tuition. To make that simpler you could go to a community college around here (Phoenix area) for your first two years to get the general classes out of the way.
Answer 2 :
This site http://students.asu.edu/costs will help you estimate the cost of attending Arizona State University
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