Cost of Attendance to Nova vs. Case

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I am getting different numbers from a few of the pre-dental SDN members for the overall cost of attendance at Nova and Case Western. The admins at Case gave us a financial sheet, which is very helpful in predicting the amount. On the other hand, Nova's financial information is only found online and it only includes tuition, instruments, and living expenses. Anyone know which school is cheaper to attend and can you show me the calculations?

Thank you!!

For both schools, I took out books because students said they were not needed!

Case
Total billed by the university ---- 72,777 (averaged all 4 years)
Health Insurance ---- 1,972
Scrubs ---- 155
Nat'l Board Exams --- -- 815
License Exam---- 2,340
Loupes --- 1,200
Living Expense ---- 20,750
Total Cost for 1 year ---- 100,009
Total Cost for 4 years --- 400,036

Nova
Tuition------- 63895 (including student fee and Health Professions general access fee)
Health Insurance---- 2000
Scrubs ---- 155
Nat'l Board Exams ---- 815
License Exam ----- 2340
Instruments ----- 10,725 (total all years up/4)
Living Expense ----- 25,000 (I want to get a studio my first year)
Total Cost for 1 year ------ 104930
Total Cost for 4 years ------ 419,720

 

[htdt]

I don't know much about Case, but your calculation looks about right for Nova. Maybe you've seen it before, but here's what another SDN member get for Nova (6% interest included): https://forums.studentdoctor.net/th...l-schools-thread.1223909/page-2#post-18204925. At both schools you can easily shave off $4k-8k a year if you choose to live frugally. Regardless, I think the cost of these 2 schools are very similar and you should make a decision based on other factors too. Good luck! 🙂