As an out-of-state student 2001-2005, Purdue cost me approx. $110k which included tuition, flight fees, & lodging (dorm one year, off-campus housing the next 3). Had I been an Indiana resident, I could have cut that cost by 35-40%.

For the same total expense, I could have attended University of Kentucky, done all my flight training through CFI-AIM @ LEX, bought 200hr of multi time and a CE500 type rating, gotten a new car and still been a few grand less total cost.

Despite that, I have no regrets whatsoever for the choice I made.