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Originally posted by kddani
According to US News & World Report:
Penn State Tuition:
$9,822 in state
$19,734 out of state
Pitt Tuition:
$11,436 in state
$20,784 out of state
Both of which, compared to private schools, really aren't all that bad. Pitt gives out a ton of scholarship money, I don't know about Penn State.
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I think Penn State gives out a lot of scholarship money but since there's so many more students, there are a lot of students that don't get any scholarship money. When I was a high school senior applying to schools, Pitt offered me a full tuition scholarship because I had a pretty good high school transcript (good GPA, good SAT scores, in the top 5% of my graduating class). However, all of that wasn't good enough to get a scholarship from Penn State.
kind of a sidenote: I believe Penn State gives full scholarships to all of its athletes. I was wondering if anyone knows if Pitt does this too?
on another sidenote: I believe Pitt gives more to the children of its faculty/staff. My freshmen year, I went to Pitt and one of my friends was roommates with the daughter of an assistant football coach. If I remember correctly, she had a full scholarship (tuition, room/board). However, at Penn State, I believe children of faculty/staff still have to pay 10% of normal tuition and room/board.