yeah well $8,000 looks great when you have to pay out of state tuition which is closer to $20,000. luckly they have the akron advantage and a couple of things similar to it, so i pay only a couple of thousand above instate, but that's only if you had good grades in high school. i could have gone to dusquene for a lot cheaper, but that's the sacrifices of wanting to compete.here's just my spring semester:01/19/2006 Ugrd NonResident Tuition Akron 5,525.58 01/19/2006 Undergraduate Tuition Akron 4,475.96 total: 10,001.54 for one semester of classes, not including other fees.