Colorado Tuition

[wimmcs]

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I have tried searching the current tuition rates for Colorado. I'm not able to find this info. on their website. The newest ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools should contain this information. Could anyone please post this information? Interested in out-of-state and in-state tuition.

Thanks!!

 

[J2AZ]

Colorado resident
Year 1:10,459 + fees etc = 45,005
Year 2:10,459 + fees etc = 32,268
Year 3:10,459 + fees etc = 28,458
Year 4:10,459 + fees etc = 25,798
Total = 131,529

Nonres
Year 1:35,349 + fees etc = 69,895
Year 2:35,349 + fees etc = 57,158
Year 3:35,349 + fees etc = 53,348
Year 4:35,349 + fees etc = 39,888
Total = 220,289

 

[wimmcs]

Thanks J2AZ!! I appreciate it!!

 

[calbear14]

The information I have is for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Colorado resident/WICHE
Year 1:10,459 + 20,906(fees etc) = 31,365
Year 2:10,459 + 8,169(fees etc) = 18,628
Year 3:10,459 + 4,359(fees etc) = 14,818
Year 4:10,459 + 3,339(fees etc) = 13,798
Total = 78,609

Nonres
Year 1:35,349 + 20,906(fees etc) = 56,255
Year 2:35,349 + 8,169(fees etc) = 43,518
Year 3:35,349 + 4,359(fees etc) = 39,708
Year 4:35,349 + 3,339(fees etc) = 38,688
Total = 178,169

However, I believe you can become a resident after the first year.

 

[J2AZ]

To my understanding WICHIE students do not receive the same tuition as instate students. WICHIE students receive funds from the WICHIE that can be applied towards tuition and living expenses. This year it is about 17,500 and next year it will be about 19,000. So you pay out of state tuition that is partially subsidized by this program. However, not all WICHIE students receive money. It all depends on how early you submitted your application and the amount of funds that are available.

 

[calbear14]

Regarding WICHE, I took the information from the pamphlet they sent me. I'm not really sure other than that.

 

[albuquerquegirl]

WICHE students do pay instate tuition. The state picks up the rest of the bill and we have to return for 3 years.

There are scholarship programs, here in NM in particular, called the NMHSC in which you pay whatever you are paying in tuition, get the stipend you were talking about, and then return. This is applicable to any student from any school interested in working in the 27 of 30 shortage counties in NM.

If you are smart (and from NM, or other poor, d-schoolless states) you can tap into WICHE AND NMHSC. If I get accepted into a WICHE school, and receive a HSC scholarship, I can pay instate tuition AND receive a monthly stipend.

 

[J2AZ]

Checki out this link and if you could please explain it to me because it appears that I am confused.

http://www.wiche.edu/SEP/PSEP/supp-fees.asp

It shows support fees...i.e. the amount of tuition covered by the program. What does this mean? I thought that the student would pay out of state tuition less this amount. Or is it that you pay instate tuition and the school accepts the "support fee" from WICHIE even if it does not cover the difference btwn instate and out of state tuition?

 

[albuquerquegirl]

. . . the amount listed is paid to every participating program in that field, public or private. The home state pays a support fee to the admitting school to help cover the cost of students' education"

So, it is in state tution, but you're right, it doesn't make total sense because what if the difference is negative, and does not cover the difference? The people (person) that I have spoke to went to CO, and it was able to cover the difference. Which now doesn't make sense either b/c out of state is so expensive. What he did say was that he paid instate tuition though. So, I wonder who does pay the difference?

Maybe, WICHE doesn't pay the full out of state amount, but only what is allocated, i.e., the "support fee."

I'll ask around for more info.

 

[albuquerquegirl]

This is from NM's "highlights"

"Through WICHE's Professional Student Exchange, New Mexico sent 56 students to out-of-state programs this year in five different fields (dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, and library studies). It received three students from other WICHE states as well as some $68,000 in support fees, not to mention tuition, room and board, and incidental student expenses. "

So the support fees do go to the schools . . .

 

[wimmcs]

Another comment about WICHE:
I did speak to AZ's WICHE certifying officer and she pointed out a couple of facts:
There is a difference between being a WICHE participant and actually being funded. First, if you applied to WICHE, you should hear from them sometime next month with a letter indicating you are a participant (sometimes schools like Colorado will want you to fax this letter to them ASAP). In terms of the funding, it works this way:

She told me that after schools accept their class, they tally up the names of the WICHE participants and then rate them by GPA and send those names back to their respective states. At that point the states pick those that will be funded and then send the students letters sometimes in the Spring.

This is what she told me. Also, in terms of funding, many times it depends on how much funding the state has allocated for this program. And, unfortunately many times, states have a hard time approving their budget (familiar??) and so many times students find out clear out during late summer. I was also trying to get a sense of a number, or an average # of people that get funded and it seemed like a very minimal number.

 

[jdcinza13]

When I spoke to the certifying officer for AZ earlier in the summer, they said they had around 35 applicants (at the time, and more to come) but there was funding for only 11 students. Good Luck to those seeking funding.

 

[albuquerquegirl]

You're right, everybody that is a WICHE app. doesn't necessarily get funded. In NM, there aren't too many people who applied, ~15 at my school, and what I've heard is that everybody here should get funded.

If you don't want to go back to AZ, it might be an advantage. If you're looked at favorably by other schools, get accepted, but don't get funded, then it seems that you have no real obligation to return. I hear they need Dentist's in Hawaii . . . .