USNWR now ranks Brown at #14. UF is ranked #30.
Is that difference REALLY worth $80,000+/year x 4 years worth of debt? Debt that will take more than a decade to pay off, that may keep you out of graduate school, that may keep you from taking vacations, even from marriage or children… debt that will make the difference between having a car payment or not, possibly between living off social security or having a retirement fund? Debt that sticks with you even if you are permanently disabled?
Oh yes… forgot to add that college debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy either.