<p>Why 5 years? BS is usually 4 years, so GT is $160K. </p>
<p>Purdue $17K is that per year or for one year? Is it $147K or $92K. </p>
<p>I know nothing about University of Louisville except that they have a good basketball team. Isn’t Rick Pitino there? </p>
<p>Georgia Tech and Purdue are world class schools for CS, with national recruiting. </p>
<p>Your salary is determined by your capabilities, but also by other offers you get. Top companies pay top dollar. I’d be surprised if Google, Microsoft and Facebook recruited at Louisville for the premier jobs. </p>
<p>My vote would be Purdue if you’d save $68K over 4 years. For that much money, I’d suck up the fit part. </p>
<p>I can’t tell you or your parents to go into tremendous debt, and it’s possible for you to go to Louisville and then get into a good graduate school. That free ride is a nice thing no doubt. Your last degree is what really matters. However, I think Purdue and GT will push you harder and you could end up with greater capabilities at those schools. I suspect someone of your caliber will find Louisville quite easy.</p>