The burden of paying for a quality college education is much lower for º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø students than for those attending many other universities in the country.
The author of a report by My eLearning World, an online resource offering coverage about various aspects of digital education, said º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø students work about 77% fewer hours than the average American college student at minimum wage to pay for a year of tuition and fees at a public university.
According to the report, the average American college student must work an average 2,022 hours annually – or 39 hours per week – at minimum wage to pay for a year of tuition and fees at a public university. That number increases to about 4,646 hours per year at a private institution.
In contrast, Scott Winstead, founder and editor in chief of My eLearning World, said º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø students would have to work only 449 hours annually – or nine hours per week – to pay for a year of school at minimum wage. That’s only about 23% of the national average for those attending a public institution.
“Annual tuition at º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø is certainly very affordable, even for those at a minimum wage job in many cases,â€� Winstead said. “For º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø students, this means they won’t have to stress as much about working long hours or taking out huge loans to pay for school, whereas if they attended other Florida-area colleges, they would have to work 77% more hours on average to pay for school.â€�
The cost of tuition and fees at º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø for undergraduate Florida residents is $4,940 per year. This is compared to an average tuition and fees of $6,370 for in-state students in Florida, and $10,940 nationally, according to the report. The University was ranked No. 7 nationally in cost and financing in October 2022 by WalletHub.
“º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø is by far the most affordable university in the country for the degrees and quality offered. This is further validation that º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø provides a cutting-edge STEM education to some of the brightest minds in Florida and beyond, and it does so at an incredible value,â€� said Dr. Ben Matthew Corpus, vice provost for enrollment management at the University.
Additionally, more than 85% of º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø students receive aid from the University, bringing student costs down even more.
“As the No. 1 public college in the Southern United States, º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø is delighted to be able to offer students such a strong hands-on engineering and applied sciences curriculum at an affordable price,â€� said Dr. Randy K. Avent, º£½Ç³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s president.
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