Average cost of putting a child through college in Ireland?

OU812

Could anyone point me toward some reference sites?

Tryouts my to plan for the future.

Wanderer78

Cost a friend of mine about 50k(total costs) to send one of his kids to college

Andrew Beef

It depends where the parents live and where the child goes to college; there’s a world of difference in the cost of a Dublin-based child going to Trinity and someone from the country going to Trinity.

beechwood55

Son in UCD. Fees €3,200 per annum. Lives at home, cycles to college. No additional accomodation/food/transport costs. Has a part time job to pay for social life.

eeguy

Totally depends which college and whether they have a part time job.
Dublin, Cork or Galway could have you paying 400 a month in rent. Sligo, Dundalk, Carlow, Athlone could have you paying 200.

endacl

eeguy wrote: »

Totally depends which college and whether they have a part time job.
Dublin, Cork or Galway could have you paying 400 a month in rent. Sligo, Dundalk, Carlow, Athlone could have you paying 200.

Good luck with that...

Masala

Andrew Beef wrote: »

It depends where the parents live and where the child goes to college; there’s a world of difference in the cost of a Dublin-based child going to Trinity and someone from the country going to Trinity.

Correct.... country people are screwed on the accommodation front whereas a Dub can use Lucas etc to come home every night.

Michael Healy Rae should spent more time looking for tax breaks for country people who have to fork out for accommodation for 3rd level education

For the OP ....

1. In Year 1... child has to stay on campus and this is usually approx €4,500 in limerick and Cork. Registration fee ids €3500. Other expenses allow €2000. that's €10,000 in Yr 1
2. Yr 2 accommodation can come down as child goes into house share.... €80-€100 per week excluding ESB, bins, internet etc. Say €3,000 + €500 exps = €4000. Plus reg fee - €3500 + €2000 living exps

So..... €10,000 a year is a rule of thumb from my experience. That €40000 for a 4 yr course.

And remember that's out of your take home pay.... no tax breaks.

Free education my arse......

Of course .. if you are self employed / farmer etc... you might bluff a Grant but as a PAYE worker... you snookered if joint income over €35000.


I pity people who have more than 2 kids going forward... especially if they are aged within 1-2 years apart. Jaysus how anyone can have 2 kids in 3rd level and can still afford a Chinese at end of the week just baffles me.

eeguy

endacl wrote: »

Good luck with that...

Masala wrote: »

Correct.... country people are screwed on the accommodation front whereas a Dub can use Lucas etc to come home every night.

You don't need to go to college in Dublin

There's plenty of colleges around the country where accommodation is a fraction of Dublin.
Personally I've been to IT's and colleges around the country and there's not much difference between them. I'd go to Sligo over UCD if I had the chance again. Muc cheaper, less travelling. You get the same degree at the end of the day.

OU812

Thanks folks. Got around five years for the first. then a couple of years before two go together (hopefully)!