It’s not a matter of “easy to repay” (I can personally attest that $60k is not easy to repay as that was my optometry school debt). It’s what is that money worth if you invest it. The opportunity cost of that money over 40 years is nearly $900k. The investment you make in sending him to a more expensive school will have to earn him that much MORE over his career to break even. That’s highly unlikely. Now if you want to buy him a different experience, that’s a different story. Just know that “better” could have a financial tag that doesn’t pay. All that said, we didn’t send our son to the cheapest school. Good luck!