Rose Hulman Hype or Value?

maikai
Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:28:07 +0000

Personally, I think the stuff gobeavs said in the beginning was most important. The stuff about finding a school that is right for you. You will find the most success in education and the following career if you attend somewhere you feel fits you.

In his last paragraph, gobeaves was probably trying to say that a Rose education was valuable, but any education needs to be considered within the context of overall cost.

Take a look at the different schools you would consider. Then forecast the debt you’ll be in for each of them. Use an on-line debt payment calculator ([Direct Loans?Calculators and Interest Rates](http://www.direct.ed.gov/calc.html)) to arrive at your approximate monthly and yearly debt burden.

Subtract that from the mean starting salaries in payscale to get a feel for your financial future.

IMHO, going into debt for a highly technical degree, like engineering, is a completely different situation than going into debt for a business or one of the liberal arts degrees. It is a reality of today that many will leave technical schools with six figures of debt. Going into that kind of debt for a business degree is lunacy.

Just my personal opinion here. YMMV