jly Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miadc Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jly Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yeah, I have those papers... but added up it doesn't seem right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miadc Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s800x Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishpg10 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xingping Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s800x Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Where are these estimated AU living expenses coming from? http://www1.american.edu/ocl/iss/docs/c ... 008-09.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishpg10 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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