Kiplinger's Best College Values, 2018

OHMomof2
Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:52:50 +0000

@TooOld4School school STEM schools are disfavored because engineers often take 4.5-5 years to graduate

Aren’t they also favored for high early-career salaries though?

Public schools are disfavored because they use OOS tuition instead of in-state tuition in their computations.

Fair criticism, but hard to decide which way to do it. Some formula based on % of students paying instate vs out of state might work. But that’s the same problem with privates where some pay little and some pay a lot based on need-based or merit aid.

I find the “not usual suspects” on the list interesting. Aquinas, for instance. Low sticker price?