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LSU tuition costs 2006-2010 with TOPS

Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:05 pm
Posted by honeybadger07
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:05 pm
Does anyone recall what tuition was during this time span with TOPS?

I know they had different levels of TOPS, I want to say I was paying like ~$600 a semester in tuition...does that sound accurate?
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:07 pm to
No idea, but $600 a semester seem really low.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:07 pm to
I thought I was paying 1500/semester back in the early 00s.
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

Does anyone recall what tuition was during this time span with TOPS?

I know they had different levels of TOPS, I want to say I was paying like ~$600 a semester in tuition...does that sound accurate?


I don't know what tuition was, but the $600 is likely the cash stipend part of TOPS as that is what I recall the amount was
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:09 pm to
I wasn’t at LSU, but the full tuition plus an $800 stipend per semester was the max tops awards. It could be used at any public or private school in LA.
Posted by htcthc321
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:10 pm to
I was there from 2006-2010 and paid roughly $3,000-3,500 per semester in tuition. No TOPS, and had to pay two years of non-resident (essentially double), despite being born and raised in LA
Posted by bbap
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

was there from 2006-2010 and paid roughly $3,000-3,500 per semester in tuition. No TOPS, and had to pay two years of non-resident (essentially double), despite being born and raised in LA


Thanks for the data point
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:13 pm to
No. It was much more than that.
Posted by danilo
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:14 pm to
Real question you are asking is what were the fees
Posted by Mattgobear
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2007
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:15 pm to
2003-2007. It was about 2,100 a semester for me, and I had about 1,600 in TOPS Money. It ran me about 500-600 a semester after TOPS.
Posted by Tbonepatron
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

I wasn’t at LSU, but the full tuition plus an $800 stipend per semester was the max tops awards. It could be used at any public or private school in LA.


This is what I had - mid 2000s. The stipend basically covered all of the extra fees that tuition didn’t cover, Technology fee, Academic Excellence fee, etc with about enough left over to buy 1/2 a textbook.

The actual tuition I think was around $2500 or so.
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Real question you are asking is what were the fees



Yeah tuition even right now is essentially free with TOPS. Think i paid like $70 for this semester. But tuition and overall fee bill costs with fees are two very different things.
Posted by lsumailman61
Gulf Shores
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:18 pm to
1st semester 2001 tuition was $1250 for 18 hours. Last semester 2006 tuition was $3600 for 12 hours. Thanks Nick and La Government!
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:19 pm to
I believe the one semester of tuition I paid for in 2009 was 3,500? Fees were the real killer.
Posted by danilo
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:20 pm to
Current tuition is about 4K and fees roughly 2k
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Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

I thought I was paying 1500/semester back in the early 00s


Yep.
Posted by TigerTatorTots
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:44 pm to
Pretty sure with TOPS it was free tuition and then you got a cash stipend of $600 or $800 depending upon your level of TOPS
Posted by mmonro3
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2013
4071 posts
Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:45 pm to
I went to LSU in 2013 and my first semester fee bill was $900. I had the too level of TOPS i think.
Posted by mthorn2
Planet Louisiana
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:48 pm to
2000 - 2006 was $3K ballpark depending on schedule load before TOPS.
Posted by Pfft
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Posted on 7/26/22 at 2:50 pm to
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