@happymomof1 You misunderstood the whole purpose of this thread. I understand that UIC is not much worse than DePaul, however I am looking for a university that is BETTER than DePaul, let alone UIC. I’ve already accepted my admission into DePaul and have accepted the loan. It is all federal PLUS loans, none of it is private. I’ll be paying off the loans by myself, just like my sister has done. I am not attending community college for another year. I’m asking for a university given my circumstances.
You can look at rankings yourself if you don’t believe me. The public schools in Illinois (besides UIUC) are pretty awful in comparison to DePaul.
Reasoning behind why public schools are ranked lower than private (such as lower graduation rates) are ignored by employers and they look at the ranking of the school more than anything especially given my Finance major. If I was doing a major like computer science, then I would be in agreement with you and would not care about the rankings as much.