<p>excellent question … as a Cornell grad I certainly think it is a great school and worth going into <em>some</em> debt to attend … but not $30,000/yr. I would not recommend going into that much debt for any school. $30,000 total … OK I’ll go for that … instead of buying a fancy new car after graduation pay off the $30k and get a cheap used car. (FYI - there are probably another 50 terrific schools for which I’d go $30k into debt to attend)</p>