W&L doesn’t have an Intl major per se and doesn’t show up in rankings. We noticed this when we applied but found out it’s part of politics and then have area majors. That’s when we were given the per capita DC stat.
Unless the career stat we were given is false, it’s a powerhouse.
In the case though unless someone has several hundred thousand more to spend, even if it wasn’t a power house, the decision would still be clear. It’s why my kid is at Charleston and not W&L where she got in but full pay.
It’s a trade off. I want to live in CA for much of the next four years (don’t forget school is only part of the year) and it’s worth $71.5k plus annual inflation this costing my family potentially $300k.
Or I’ll go get a world class education with opportunities galore such as the DC semester and funded extras.
I mean $300k is a lot of jack, even for a wealthy family.
And we are talking about a top school.
If international relations is a goal, one will need to learn to spread their wings outside the golden state.
But you can’t do much better than Johnson. Congrats on the win.
Here would be my other question to @Jazzy321 why did you apply to W&L in the first place ?