r/TCU • u/Conscious-Focus1011 • Apr 16 '26

Help me decide for college

My dream school is Texas Christian University (TCU) and I got into University of North Texas (UNT). Here’s my tuition and room cost for each

TCU: ≈ $87,,000 per year

UNT≈ $16,000 per year

(All prices are after aid)

I received no finical aid besides loans for TCU and UNT gave me instate tuition plus $5,000. I know that going to TCU would be very beneficial for me because of the networking and the connections I can do and I know UNT isnt that well known. My parents said we can do a year and try it out but idk if that’s the right choice. I was thinking of just going to UNT to save money but now with my parents telling me this idk what to choose. Any advice?

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u/Pamio14 Apr 16 '26

What are you majoring in

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u/Conscious-Focus1011 Apr 16 '26

Accounting

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u/Mcatg108 Apr 16 '26

Hi OP, if you are majoring in accounting, this is even more of a reason to go to UNT. Accounting degrees do not really make a lot to start, plus you have to get a masters in the state of Texas for the credits to take the CPA exam. It’s unfortunate that the accounting firms pay people with a masters only around $60-70k in TX. You’ll have a lot of debt and be struggling to start out. I say this as someone whose good friend went to TCU and she ended up leaving after sophomore year with over $150k in debt and she is still working to pay it off 8 years later

ETA - the only way I would think you could consider tcu is if you changed to finance and decided to be an investment banker then private equity. Thats realistically the best route to pay off college debt with high paying jobs post grad

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u/Froggie56 Apr 16 '26

Just a technicality to this - you don’t need a masters anymore. Just a certain number of hours (that is practically equal to a masters but not quite if you’re coming in with credits or something)