At the West Virginia game I was asking a couple from NJ why their freshman son enrolled in Morgantown.
They said instate tuition at Rutgers (the state U of NJ) was $28K per year!
Out of state at WVU was $22,000. With this tidbit of info on board, I completely understand why CU would be considered a value, and wonder if this plays a role in Hawkins going after more kids from the east coast.
The east coast and places like Chicago are just different......much higher cost of living. Sometimes we forget how good we have it out here.
Case in point: I have an Aunt and Uncle (firmly middle class) back in Chicago with 2 high school-aged boys. They live in Chicago city limits, so their boys attend a private high school (you just don't send your kids to Chicago Public Schools if you can afford not to).
So they attend a private Jesuit school where tuition is $10,000............per year............per kid. :jawdrop:
$80,000...........for high school. Think about that. :shot: