<p>Colleges, </p>
<p>Whether it “makes no sense” or no is tough to say. Again, the university doesn’t publish the data you’d need to do more than speculate. My feeling is, most people will go wherever their best offer takes them. Applying for jobs now, as a senior, I can say, it’s much tougher to find work with <em>just</em> a bachelor’s degree from Rice outside of Texas.</p>