LOL, of course it will be a five-figure amount. But I understand your concerns for privacy. I am guessing "non-trivial" to mean more than 50% of the tuition?
From Owen's website, it looks like the costs for 2yrs are the following:
$89k for tuition & required fees
$4k for health insurance
and my personal estimates of the following since Owen is not clear about it except for comparing how Nashville has a lower cost of living than other cities:
$24k for apartment for 20mos (Wesley place across the street is $1.2k/mo for 1 bedroom, $2.2k/mo for 2 bedroom)
$24k for food/utilities/car/insurance/cellphone/personal expenses for 20mos ($1.2k/mo)
=$141k, I would say $150k to be conservative (parking fees, laptop, books, traveling for competitions, treks, etc.)
I think Owen should list the total expenses like that instead of just stating the 1yr tuition cost and almost "hiding" the other fees such as 1) just stating the average rent for "Nashville" (which would mean drive-time and gas if you're living far away where rents are cheaper) and 2) hiding the health insurance cost deep in a PDF document on the university's Student Health website.
For example, Chicago's Booth School of Business clearly lists the TOTAL cost of attendance, which is about $176k for the 2yrs:
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/fulltime/ad ... costs.aspxAlmost all the top schools list it like that. That way you know that (for Booth), if they give you $80k in "free money" (aid/scholarships/etc), that you'll still have to BORROW roughly $100k (at 7-8%) over the two years of your MBA. Of course this is not including the summer internship which MAY pay anywhere between $10k and $30k, so that'll help with some of the treks/excursions and other miscellaneous expenses over the 24mo period.
From my estimates, even if Owen gives me $50k, I'd still have to borrow roughly $70-100k, depending on how much income I earn during my summer internship.