That’s the tradeoff - and I didn’t mean Canadian schools.
You really have to do a net price calculator to see if they have need. Maybe MIT will fund part of your education.
But a Purdue is half the price - is it half the school?
Alabama will be $20K US a year; my son just got a great gig from there, one above the average salary at higher ranked schools (unless their salaries go way up).
MIT is the dream - but why? And then is it worth over $400K Canadian? And you’ll take loans. Do you have access in Canada and how will you pay them back?
Besides the name MIT, what is attractive about it to you?