EDUCATION
The Price is Right PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN YOU THINK
W
hen considering college and
tions and biology, 99 percent of students
university options, parents and
receive extensive merit scholarships and
students often avoid looking at
financial aid, and, for many families, the
private institutions because they tend to
cost of attending Oglethorpe is comparable
think that it may cost more than a public
to that of a state institution.
college or university. The truth is that’s not actually the case. Here, we look at some of
College, which is the only private, all-male
the most prominent private institutions in
Historically Back College and University
the metro Atlanta area and what you can
(HBCU) in the country. “Morehouse
expect when it comes to costs and benefits.
College offers more than 25 institutional
On the Money By Lindsay Field Penticuff
scholarships that cover the full cost of attendance, in addition to several merit
“Private colleges are not always more
[opportunities] and need-based aid that
expensive,” observes Whitney Lewis, Vice
can significantly defray the cost of tuition,”
President for Enrollment Management and
shares T.J. Snowden, EdD, Director
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at
of Admissions and Recruitment at
Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven. “We
Morehouse. Located in Atlanta,
recently joined the likes of Rice University
Morehouse tuition and fees are upward of
and Vanderbilt University in being named a
$25,000 a year, and room and board costs
Fiske ‘Best Buy’ institution for the fifth con-
about $13,000 a year; however, Snowden
secutive year.” In fact, at Oglethorpe, which
says more than 80 percent of the school’s
serves about 1,450 students and includes
students receive financial aid.
top programs like business, communica88 KNOWAtlanta FALL 2021
It’s similar situation at Morehouse
If you aren’t sure where to look for
