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fredinNH t1_j1bmjwe wrote

This is weird that it combines public and private schools but then breaks it down by in state and out of state. Seems pointless.

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milfBlaster69 t1_j1bzapa wrote

Exactly. I went to school in Virginia and in state tuition was $18k and out of state was $32k. Not sure where the extra $18 k comes from but it also says that the average cost of living on/off campus is included in the cost listed. But my rent off campus there in a nice place was $450 a month so still lost there.

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evasote t1_j1e8uuz wrote

It comes from taxes paid by people in the state

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milfBlaster69 t1_j1ef9js wrote

Well shit that makes sense. Good call, I didn’t even think of that.

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Onceuponajoe t1_j1cwn05 wrote

Whatever career pays $45k sounds like garbage. That’s $21.63/hour. You’d have to have zero skill to be paid that. We can’t even find college grads to interview unless we offer 70k+ salaries right out of school.

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fredinNH t1_j1e8pko wrote

For a teacher who does an average of one hour of work each day after they get home it’s about $31/hour. Just saying. And $45k is the low end of what teachers get paid in my area.

I am a teacher. Not criticizing, just saying that $45k isn’t terrible in all cases.

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Onceuponajoe t1_j1e9zv3 wrote

You can’t just look at hourly rate. You need to include all cost of employment. I’d take a job paying $31/hr that has great health care and a pension over a job paying $38/hr with terrible healthcare and no pension.

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fredinNH t1_j1ec4yt wrote

Well, yeah. My example job usually has great benefits, including a pension, and 12 weeks off every year. And if you’re good at it it’s a lot of fun.

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cownan t1_j1c762d wrote

I just checked my school in Va, top 20 engineering school, I graduated in 1993. At the time I graduated tuition was around $5k yr, now it's about $12k.

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JohnCocktoastener t1_j1cadsq wrote

So barely above inflation, not to mention the increased value of an engineering degree. Sounds like it’s probably overall cheaper nowadays. Go Heels.

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40for60 t1_j1ec7u9 wrote

On top of that private schools rarely ever cost what the stated tuition is.

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fredinNH t1_j1ecq79 wrote

Yeah it’s just a garbage map. My small state has very high in-state tuition for its state schools, but has very few schools overall and one of them is Ivy League. I’d love to know the average tuition actually paid at an Ivy. We also have a nationally known online school. With many thousands of students. How does that effect this?

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