Hello everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster. I was recently accepted to UCF, but I am an out of state resident. How difficult is it to obtain funding for this program? I looked at their cost of attendance, and it is $1194 a credit hour. That is a lot, especially since it is a 72 credit hour program! I also considered attending for a year and then applying for Florida residency. However, I called their office and was told that this was hard to do.
I was hoping that UCF was one of those schools that would provide an out-of-state waiver to their students, but sadly, they are not.
Please help me decide! I found out yesterday and the deadline for me to accept is Monday. I have no other acceptances so far, but I am still waiting to hear back from one more school. I knew that I was going to have to borrow money for graduate school, but I am not sure if I am comfortable with borrowing $85000 over the course of two years (it is a six semester program).
Any insight is appreciated! Thank you!