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Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:20 am
by socraticmethodman
I looked for a thread and was surprised when I couldn't find one. Instead of having to look through each schools thread, I figured I'd make a thread discussing the COL at the t14.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:34 am
by Anacreon
Cornell or Yale

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:50 am
by glewz
socraticmethodman wrote:I looked for a thread and was surprised when I couldn't find one. Instead of having to look through each schools thread, I figured I'd make a thread discussing the COL at the t14.
Cornell

Analysis done by ILRG, but has inaccuracies of course...highly doubt that Harvard's COL is as low as indicated.
http://www.ilrg.com/schools/analysis/

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:10 am
by 1evilo.aihpos
glewz wrote:
socraticmethodman wrote:I looked for a thread and was surprised when I couldn't find one. Instead of having to look through each schools thread, I figured I'd make a thread discussing the COL at the t14.
Cornell

Analysis done by ILRG, but has inaccuracies of course...highly doubt that Harvard's COL is as low as indicated.
http://www.ilrg.com/schools/analysis/
? that info is so old

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:20 am
by socraticmethodman
1evilo.aihpos wrote:
glewz wrote:
socraticmethodman wrote:I looked for a thread and was surprised when I couldn't find one. Instead of having to look through each schools thread, I figured I'd make a thread discussing the COL at the t14.
Cornell

Analysis done by ILRG, but has inaccuracies of course...highly doubt that Harvard's COL is as low as indicated.
http://www.ilrg.com/schools/analysis/
? that info is so old
+1

Any other thoughts or information?

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:43 am
by Rand M.
My knee jerk reaction would be Duke or UVa.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:54 am
by amorfati
I've heard Duke is very cheap.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:56 am
by Z3RO
Rand M. wrote:My knee jerk reaction would be Duke or UVa.
Same here. I went through most of the t14 and put their financial aid dept's projected 1st year COA. Cornell isn't close to Duke. I know that COL and COA aren't the same thing, but it's COL you're allowed to borrow. If you really wanted, you could go through this list and subtract the tuition for each school to determine COL.


Columbia U (NY) - 74000
U Chicago  - 68010
New York U - 70866
UC Berkeley (Boalt) - 76634
U Pennsylvania  - 68150
U Virginia  - 67700
Duke U (NC) - 66938
Northwestern U (IL) - 73285
Cornell U (NY) - 69750
Georgetown U (DC)- 68000

Sorry there's no HYS. If I didn't apply, I didn't bother getting the data.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:13 pm
by vanwinkle
UVA has a pretty low COL, especially when comparing Charlottesville to Boston/NYC/CA.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:27 pm
by thickfreakness
UVA or Duke would be my guess. You can get some ridiculously nice housing in the triangle for the money.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:35 pm
by Cavalier
I'm guessing UVA. I doubt any place within walking distance of a T14 school can beat these prices (LinkRemoved). If it's not UVA, it's either Duke or Cornell.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:40 pm
by patrickd139
Cavalier wrote:I'm guessing UVA. I doubt any place within walking distance of a T14 school can beat these prices (LinkRemoved). If it's not UVA, it's either Duke or Cornell.
:lol: at the 'Den' on those apts. Five feet wide?

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:49 pm
by Patriot1208
I'm sure ann arbor is also very cheap

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:09 pm
by bigben
Seems like UVa, Mich, Duke, and Cornell have to be the cheapest four. Between them I doubt there is much difference. I'm betting you CAN pay quite a bit in any of those places for a nice place in a prime location. But any of those places will have very cheap options if you're flexible.

Re: Which t14 has the lowest COL?

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:12 pm
by FlightoftheEarls
Z3RO wrote:
Rand M. wrote:My knee jerk reaction would be Duke or UVa.
Same here. I went through most of the t14 and put their financial aid dept's projected 1st year COA. Cornell isn't close to Duke. I know that COL and COA aren't the same thing, but it's COL you're allowed to borrow. If you really wanted, you could go through this list and subtract the tuition for each school to determine COL.


Columbia U (NY) - 74000
U Chicago  - 68010
New York U - 70866
UC Berkeley (Boalt) - 76634
U Pennsylvania  - 68150
U Virginia  - 67700
Duke U (NC) - 66938
Northwestern U (IL) - 73285
Cornell U (NY) - 69750
Georgetown U (DC)- 68000

Sorry there's no HYS. If I didn't apply, I didn't bother getting the data.
As far as total Cost of Attendance, Michigan is $65,350 out-of-state. $62,350 in-state.