Tuition and fees are generally clearly posted inside their web sites and published in their course catalog.

'Tom said:

'swilkewitz' said:

I did read it, what I'm saying is that you've posted that link so many times that I've already seen it. In fact, so far I haven't read anything from you that wasn't a link to that faq. Anyway, let's not get into a petty argument, and I didn't mean to be rude.

I only give the link to people who ask questions that are already answered in the FAQs.
I assume that if they had already read the answer, they would not still be asking the question.
I too didn't mean to be rude.

Understandable, although that faq answers everything imagineable.

Eh? The additional costs are pretty clearly outlined... certainly quite a bit better spelled out than other universities.

'Tom said:

'swilkewitz' said:

I did read it, what I'm saying is that you've posted that link so many times that I've already seen it. In fact, so far I haven't read anything from you that wasn't a link to that faq. Anyway, let's not get into a petty argument, and I didn't mean to be rude.

I only give the link to people who ask questions that are already answered in the FAQs.
I assume that if they had already read the answer, they would not still be asking the question.
I too didn't mean to be rude.

Understandable, although that faq answers everything imagineable.

'way2lazy2care' said:

where do you live?

Michigan haha. why?

Because state schools are cheaper than out of state schools and usually have more scholarship/aid opportunities for students that stay in state.

http://www.greguide.com/comps.html

Ann Arbor has the 20th ranked CS degree and costs $7,000/year for michigan residents.

Game Design specific undergrad programs are really really iffy. Very often you will learn more going to a state college for something related to what you want to do (CS->Programming, Business->Production/Design, etc) and soaking up as much information as you can by going to different events, joining orgs like IGDA, and reading up all you can on sites like this and gamasutra or magazines like Game Developer Magazine. With the money you save on an in state school you could attend GDC every year, and you will learn more about the game industry and design in one week at GDC than you will in a 4 year game design undergrad program.

Digipen's degree is for all intents and purposes on par with a good state college (and vice versa). The only major problem at state schools is you might not have the people around you that are as passionate about games as you are making team projects more difficult. A lot of schools do have clubs related though.

For what it is worth, I went to Purdue, loved it, and had no problem at all landing a job before I had graduated. I majored in Computer Graphics Technology, not Computer Science, but the CS department at Purdue did seem to be pretty good. Are you from Indiana? If so then then the in-state tuition will be a fraction of Digipen's.

'swilkewitz' said:

'Tom said:

'swilkewitz' said:

I did read it, what I'm saying is that you've posted that link so many times that I've already seen it. In fact, so far I haven't read anything from you that wasn't a link to that faq. Anyway, let's not get into a petty argument, and I didn't mean to be rude.

I only give the link to people who ask questions that are already answered in the FAQs.
I assume that if they had already read the answer, they would not still be asking the question.
I too didn't mean to be rude.

Understandable, although that faq answers everything imagineable.

so maybe the wrong questions are being asked.

As I stated earlier, I'm looking for a frame of reference of the cost, perhaps from people who have gone to Digipen. I'm not exactly looking for help on my decision. From what I hear, Digipen is more expensive than I previously thought it was. So my question has been answered.