American SIS price

[jly]

Hey I was wondering if anyone could lay out the price of American SIS for a year... their website is kind of cryptic about it.

[miadc]

From the papers they sent out:

Estimated cost of attendance 2009-2010

Tuition per credit hour $1,237 (seems like 9 credits per semester is the norm - though it would sometimes be 12)

Fees per semester: SIS Program - $750, Sports Center - $65, Technology - $95, Graduate Activity - $30

Plus health insurance, books, living expenses and all

[jly]

Yeah, I have those papers... but added up it doesn't seem right.

[miadc]

How so?

[s800x]

My calculations for SIS are as follows:

Tuition per credit hour = $1,237 and most programs are 39 credits

Thus total Tuition = 39 x $1,237 = $48,243

Mandatory Fees:

SIS Program fee = $750 per sem

Sports Center fee = $65 per sem,

Technology fee $95 = persem,

Graduate activity fee = $30 per sem,

So total fees $940 (all fees) x 4 semesters = $3,760

AU Health Insurance = $1,440 annually, so $2,880

AU estimated Living Costs (per year):

Room = $13,613

Board = $5,547

Books = $900

Transport = $1,867

Personal = $2,200

Total = $24,127 per year

Georgetown estimate (per year) = $21,396 per year

My estimate = $22,000 per year, so $44,000 overall

Thus Tuition (48,243) + Fees (3,760) + Health (2,880) + Living (44,000) = $98,883 total estimate for two years

Adjust accordingly depending on your own factors. eg. health insurance waiver, scholarships, frugal lifestyle etc. If you have to take a language I have budgeted this will cost

[irishpg10]

Where are these estimated AU living expenses coming from? All i got was was an estimate of $42,758 for 2009-2010, which includes tuition, fees, and allowances for room, board, books, transportation, and personal expenses.

[xingping]

Speaking of the price... the only money I'm "receiving" are the stafford loans. Anyone else in that boat? So, from what I can make of it, $20,500 from those loans. If tuition is about $23,000, that still leaves $2,500 to be taken from PLUS or private loans. All fine, but if living expenses, books, etc... push the overall price into the $40K's, how are you planning on paying for that? How does one pay for the living expenses if you don't already have a big bankroll? Just wondering, because that is where I am. Does everyone take out private loans, in addition to working on the side?

[s800x]

Where are these estimated AU living expenses coming from?

http://www1.american.edu/ocl/iss/docs/c ... 008-09.pdf

[irishpg10]

thanks s800x. it looks like if you take away the estimates from the "summer" column, the overall price is close to that $42,000 number that was in the admission packet. very interesting.