The quoted article was published May 13, 2015. It's 4 years outdated at this point, which can be a big difference in cost.
If anything though, those numbers go up.
Based on the COA map from VIN:
- tuition without interest for Ross: 231,070
- tuition without interest for SGU: 180,930
So it looks like while the cost of SGU has gone up about 7k, the cost for Ross has gone up around 40k. This makes the "gap" between them even larger.
Utilizing COA + accrued interest, SGU would come out to be about 83k "cheaper" by the time you graduate. I have no idea if the vin numbers are correct. And, it does seem weird that it lists 3 yrs, 4 months for SGU, like bats said. So using the link someone else posted for 4th year through SGU, this would add on approximately 70k (23.3k per term) to the cost of SGU. Disregarding interest on the last year (bc Idk how to do that), this would make the gap between the two schools to be about 13k, with Ross being more expensive. But, this also doesn't factor in the COL for your final year for SGU either, so you would need to subtract whatever you think that would be from the 13k, making the difference between the two probably close to negligible.
I thought this might be a more useful/updated comparison of the cost between the two (but actually now I think I might be more confused). The way the VIN map has it portrayed, makes Ross look waaaaaay more expensive than SGU, which doesnt actually seem to be the case. Idk why they don't include the final year in the cost of SGU because without that, it's really quite deceiving imo. anyone, feel free to correct me if I am wrong about what I posted.
Hope this helps
@RJvet (although you prob have already decided) or anyone else trying to decide between the two
