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Posting this here as I could not find a thread that related to this. First some background. I am 20 years old and finishing up my second year of community college (end date of Dec 2018). I work roughly 25 hours a week at a Fortune 100 Company located 15 minutes from my home. My employer offered to give me a raise if I go to school near the office this Spring 2019.

College A is 10 min from the office with an annual tuition of $20,000 after scholarships. This school is so close to my home that I would just live at home in this case. Thus, the $20,000 is all that I would be paying.

College B is 25-30 min from my home, so I would probably live there. Because of this, my work commute would be about 40 min or so. The annual tuition for this school is $14,000 before scholarships. They don’t give scholarships to students starting in the spring, so I would apply for scholarships for the following year, Fall 2019. I’m fairly confident I will qualify and that $14,000 should decrease some. Adding in living expenses and transportation to and from work, the total cost of attendance at this school before any scholarships are applied would be $24,000. After scholarships, I believe it would come down to around $20,000 or less for the Fall 2019 year and onward.

Which school would you go to from a financial perspective? I’m OCD about getting the best bang for my buck and saving the most in the long run. However, I would still like to have a little fun in college. I think it would be nice to get out of the house and learn to be on my own a little more... that’s the only downfall of going to College A since it’s so close to my home, and it’s super expensive for not even living there. However, the 40 min commute would be a pain and waste a lot money on gas for College B I really appreciate any advice you guys have or things I may have overlooked.



Submitted October 24, 2018 at 06:15PM by brandanb6 https://ift.tt/2SfXZA8

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