I hope other state schools follow:
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Saw a recent list that seemed to have a huge range from almost nothing to over $6K a year - apparently even more if you attend summer school. Interestingly, the larger dollars were not necessarily coming from urban type schools. Auburn was near the top, but saw where Alabama was much lower on this particular list (only had about 60 teams in all). Similarly, Vanderbilt, much more urban than either Auburn or Alabama, was also quite low. Apparently the schools are using what the admissions office has compiled for student recruiting and there was discussion about whether the athletic offices might work to influence these amounts to be as high as possible so as to gain a recruiting advantage.
Anyone else see any weird differences in the schools you are familiar with?
Originally Posted by 2017LHPscrewball:
Saw a recent list that seemed to have a huge range from almost nothing to over $6K a year - apparently even more if you attend summer school. Interestingly, the larger dollars were not necessarily coming from urban type schools. Auburn was near the top, but saw where Alabama was much lower on this particular list (only had about 60 teams in all). Similarly, Vanderbilt, much more urban than either Auburn or Alabama, was also quite low. Apparently the schools are using what the admissions office has compiled for student recruiting and there was discussion about whether the athletic offices might work to influence these amounts to be as high as possible so as to gain a recruiting advantage.
Anyone else see any weird differences in the schools you are familiar with?
Cost of attendance is something that has always been in place in college financial aid offices. The figure factors in costs that are above and beyond tuition, fees, room, board and books. COE will vary among schools - sometimes widely, particularly among private schools. If COE is low, the school essentially can save institutional aid dollars. And the way it's used is a students Estimated Family Contribution number from the FFAFSA is subtracted from COE - that equals award amount.