<p>cptofthehouse - While I agree the LAC may be the best program choice for your friend’s daughter, I can’t help but wonder what the starting salary is for someone with a BM in voice performance. It’s not just the willingness to pay back the substantial debt for a long time, it is the ability to pay back the debt for a long time. We don’t want to see your friend’s daughter’s picture on the link to student debt stories. If she doesn’t want to go to the public college and her parents can’t afford to send her to the LAC, perhaps a better choice for your friend’s child would be to work for a couple of years to save money and then try to go to her dream school. I agree these are hard choices for an 18 year old to make, but I just don’t believe a child should go into major debt unless they somehow are assured they will have the income to pay it back.</p>