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  • donalson

    Dec. 30, 2010 5:52 p.m. donalson SuperDork

    I was looking at going back to school a while back and was astounded that our local community college is over $100 a credit hr... Uof west FL is about $30 a credit hr more... it boggles my mind that the local CC is that costly now... i was talking to a friend who was saying the students where PISSED because they raised the cost to $40 or so an hr

    just wondering what you guys are paying in your part of the country.

  • aeronca65t

    Dec. 30, 2010 6:25 p.m. aeronca65t Dork

    The one I teach in here in New Jersey is also $100 per credit. That's uber-cheap in my area.

    Princeton University (near me) is about $1000 a credit (not bad I guess, considering you'll surely get a great job if you graduate).

    The real rip off (in my opinion) is the cost of private, for-profit schools. They tend to provide less valuable training than community colleges for far greater cost.

    By the way, my tuition at Trenton State College in 1968 was $150 per semester

  • That idiot who can't spell

    Dec. 30, 2010 6:41 p.m. That idiot who can't spell SuperDork

    My college is $600 something for an hour but that isn't a community college.

  • Grtechguy

    Dec. 30, 2010 6:47 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

    Grand Rapids Community which is closest

    Resident: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89.50 per contact hour
    
    Non-resident: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $196.00 per contact hour
    
    Out of State: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $293.00 per contact hour
    

    Guess what. I live in the next county over. by a mile. = Non resident status for my wife

  • Donebrokeit

    Dec. 30, 2010 6:55 p.m. Donebrokeit New Reader

    CCBC (out side of Baltimore M.d ) was $90 a credit till the fall then went to $100

    Still cheap compared to "Real Schools"

    Paul B

  • Ranger50

    Dec. 30, 2010 6:58 p.m. Ranger50 HalfDork

    http://www.southernwv.edu/tuition

    88/hr for residents, 289/hr for non-residents.

    At least I am in an eligible border county in a different state for resident rates.

  • rob_lewis

    Dec. 30, 2010 7:06 p.m. rob_lewis Dork

    http://www.austincc.edu/support/admissions/tuitionchart.php

    Austin Community College $58/hr resident

    -Rob

  • MrJoshua

    Dec. 30, 2010 7:12 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

    Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL is $90.32 a credit hour.

  • Ignorant

    Dec. 30, 2010 7:20 p.m. Ignorant SuperDork

    12-14 years ago it was $70 a credit hour @ http://bucks.edu/

  • barnca

    Dec. 30, 2010 7:26 p.m. barnca Reader

    our local community college is 195.00

  • JoeyM

    Dec. 30, 2010 7:35 p.m. JoeyM Dork

    Polk State (in Polk County, FL)
    * noncredit classes $71.37 ($285.52 for non-residents)
    * bachelor's classes $106.13 ($532.26 for non-residents)
    * all the other classes $93.97 ($348.11 for non-residents)

  • SVreX

    Dec. 30, 2010 7:55 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

    GA paid me to go to the community technical college.

  • PubBurgers

    Dec. 30, 2010 8:36 p.m. PubBurgers Dork

    Sinclair Community College

    Not sure the cost per credit hour but since I live in the county next quarter is $750 for 13 credit hours. It's the cheapest school in Ohio IIRC.

    Slightly off topic, if you haven't watched the tv show "Community" you probably should.

  • Travis_K

    Dec. 30, 2010 8:42 p.m. Travis_K Dork

    In california at least a couple years ago it was around $30/credit. Now im going to a university where the credits are free but its just $13k/year in other fees.

  • gamby

    Dec. 30, 2010 8:46 p.m. gamby SuperDork

    I don't even know and I teach at one.

    I'd like to say a 3-credit course is $500, though.

  • griffin729

    Dec. 31, 2010 6:52 a.m. griffin729 HalfDork

    I'm attending Ivy Tech otherwise billed as Community College of Indiana.

    From their website:

    Indiana residents pay $104.55 per credit hour for Summer and Fall 2010.

    Out-of-state residents pay $221.35 per credit hour for Summer and Fall 2010.

    Purdue University is also in the area. Purdue's fee schedule is a bit unusual, they have fee brackets. One flat rate for between 12 and 18 credit hours for the semester. Though if you want to take just one course it's about $900. So, if it's a three credit class then about three times the cost of Ivy Tech.

  • EricM

    Dec. 31, 2010 9:02 a.m. EricM Dork

    Parkland in Champaign, it feeds the U of I directly.

    Tuition and Fee Charges (on campus and then on line) In Parkland College District 505 $102 $102 Out-of-district Illinois residents $261 $148 Out-of-state/international* $403 $226

  • donalson

    Dec. 31, 2010 12:58 p.m. donalson SuperDork

    ok maybe I don't feel so bad... my friend was in Cali... perhaps I should have expected the rest of the world to be similar... I guess i was just shocked because I recall the costs being under $50/hr 10 years ago when I started at the local CC

    as for the show Community... YES IT'S AWESOME :)

 
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