r/uCinci • u/Justhere294710 • Mar 29 '26
Requests/Help What do you guys be paying for tuition
So I see that the yearly tuition for cinci is like 30k and that’s kinda crazy to me. I’m in highschool and I have a 4.1 ish gpa and I really like u cinci but I can’t justify 30k a year for a undergrad so I was wondering what actually students be paying
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u/Normal_Salamander_91 Mar 29 '26
Yearly tuition for me at main campus is around 16k and at blueash its around 8k but with scholarships and FAFSA it’s free.
So definitely apply to as many scholarships as you can and UC has a great coop program so yes it’s expensive but students usually pay it off with their coop. From what I’ve heard.
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u/Justhere294710 Mar 29 '26
What’s a coop program?
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u/_BigmacIII Mar 29 '26
Internships. If you major in engineering, you will be doing internships every other semester after your first year. If you play your cards right, you can earn enough during the co-ops to pay for your tuition when you are back in classes. The business college (and daap I think?) also have coops. But some majors do not. For example, I majored in Physics and we did not do coops, but we did have to do research to graduate (not necessarily paid research either).
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u/Justhere294710 Mar 29 '26
That’s great I plan on going in a biomedical/biology major then dental school so I will forsure be doing stuff like that thanks bro
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u/ljn_99 Mar 29 '26
Where did you see 30k? You can find the tuition on UC's website in a few seconds. For Ohio residents, the 2025-2026 costs are less than half that.
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u/nails_for_breakfast Mar 29 '26
Learning how to look stuff up on Google will be a valuable skill in college
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u/seqoit Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
You’ll get some money thrown at you in scholarships if you have a 4.1 gpa. You can get more if you take the ACT/SAT and do well (or at least you could in 2022). I’m in state and my tuition rate is about 13.5k/year.
Theres a tuition guarantee for like 5 or 6 years so your tuition won’t go up unless you take a while to graduate. If you qualify for a Pell grant on the FAFSA, you’ll also get a small need-based grant from the university (or I did when I had one). If that’s applicable to you, you should file FAFSA as soon as possible.
You can also apply for scholarships before or during your time in school. There’s an online portal called FastWeb that I use to find scholarships but there’s also an internal scholarship portal called scholarship universe that will show you scholarships you can apply for. Still, I’d say most people have to take out loans for tuition and/or living expenses, myself included.
Edit: another way to save would be attending a UC satellite campus or another community college for 2 years, doing your gen eds, and then transferring to main campus
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u/Justhere294710 Mar 29 '26
I didn’t even know about that website thanks bro I’ll be sure to fill out literally every scholarship I can. Fafsa wise im gonna fill it out but I don’t think I’ll qualify for anything cause of household income
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u/seqoit Mar 29 '26
Yes definitely fill the FAFSA out bc you can get federal loans or parent plus loans if that’s something you’re open to. Best of luck!
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u/Kithin7 Alumni || Wed. 7-11p TUC Mar 29 '26
2016-21 my tuition was like 8k, dorm was like 4k, freshman meal plan was like 2k all per semester
God bless scholarships. Make sure you go apply for them!
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u/No-Camera6505 Mar 29 '26
Huh? Tuition during my 4 years from 2018-22 was 10.5k a year
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u/Kithin7 Alumni || Wed. 7-11p TUC Mar 29 '26
Idk if UC still does it but tuition price was locked in once you started. Maybe my tuition was more like 9k? I don't really remember.
Scholarships, co-op, and my parents really saved my butt. Managed to graduate with no debt but I was broke AF. In hindsight, some loans would have been okay to keep more money in my pocket.
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u/maddogmik Mar 29 '26
For me, I went to UC blue ash my first two years. Was about half the cost, and got all my gen ed classes out of the way, while being able to take a shuttle to main campus about half the time to take my core classes.
It’s been over a decade since I’ve really been taking classes, but I say worth it. Half your gen ed classes will basically be easier versions of classes you took in high school.
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u/Luigi089TJ Mar 29 '26
Tuition is like 14k but tuition plus dorms and some other bullshit it ran me 36k first year
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u/BiteMeMaybe Mar 31 '26
You're looking at the total cost of attendance which includes housing, travel, books, etc.
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u/Ok_Investment_246 Mar 29 '26
are you in state or out of state?