App currently ranked 9th in the Sun Belt and $2,400 less than GaSo, $300 less than UNC and $600 less than ECU. App is higher than some of it's regional peers such as: UNCC, ODU, Marshall and Wake.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootbal ... e-database
COA database via CBS
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Re: COA database via CBS
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/co ... /31904839/
This article shows that there is still ambiguity in the calculation of COA for each school.
"They begin from the principle that cost of attendance for all students is supposed to be based on budgets determined under federal guidelines by financial aid office staffers, who also have the authority to use what the U.S. Department of Education terms "professional judgment" to provide upward variances on a case-by-case basis."
The way I read it is that each school still makes the determination themselves and have some ability to adjust the results through "professional judgement". I have always question why we have been seeing variations in COA values. I am not saying any schools intentionally do anything but rather point out that this "professional judgement" is probably the reason. The SEC wants full transparency on this and I totally agree.
This article shows that there is still ambiguity in the calculation of COA for each school.
"They begin from the principle that cost of attendance for all students is supposed to be based on budgets determined under federal guidelines by financial aid office staffers, who also have the authority to use what the U.S. Department of Education terms "professional judgment" to provide upward variances on a case-by-case basis."
The way I read it is that each school still makes the determination themselves and have some ability to adjust the results through "professional judgement". I have always question why we have been seeing variations in COA values. I am not saying any schools intentionally do anything but rather point out that this "professional judgement" is probably the reason. The SEC wants full transparency on this and I totally agree.