<p>I'm just wondering if anyone is going to/did pay 33k+/yr to attend Kelley. I would want to double major in Finance and Acc. If I don't get it IB or a top consulting gig, I'm going for my MAcc. From your standpoint, is it worth it? Is anyone paying it by themselves, "not by your mommy or daddy?" I have an 80k trust fund, but that will be sucked up in no time. I'm interested in hearing people on this forum on how they are going to pay for Kelley... BTW: You in staters are damn lucky!</p>
<p>for kelleys prestige and rankings.. it is a great bargin compared to other competing business schools.</p>
<p>I am paying for my education myself - I am assuming all loans and consolidating them. I don't think it is worth giving up an in-state school for if you have a solid program. If you're in the midwest, every state has a great business school. Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana, Purdue, Michigan State all are fantastic institutions and unless one offers tremendous advantages as opposed to your in-state school, I would stay in-state.</p>
<p>A useful tool would be looking at your ROI (Return on Investment) and compare average salaries of Indiana to the cost of Indiana, and then compare average salaries of your state school to the cost of your state school. Doing this you can often find what the "best deal" schools are. 90% of the time, your in-state school will be the best school in value.</p>
<p>Can you still get a loan from banks if you are 100k+ debt for my MBA if I choose to get it 5 years down the road?</p>
<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>If you're taking on 100K worth of debt, you HAVE to look at other options. A house is worth going in that much debt for. A bachelor's degree? No way. Maybe 25K worth of debt (1/2 a starting salary).</p>
<p>Look elsewhere, find alternative options. Go to a community college. IU accepts 90 credits from community colleges. Save money - a degree is not worth that much. There are tons of schools that will give scholarships out there.</p>
<p>How can you say a degree is not worth that much? This is your future you're talking about.</p>
<p>A lot of things can happen in a small amount of time. I got $13,000 scholarships per year at IU. That's a savings of $52,000, and I'm an out of stater. IU will still be costing me about $20,000 a year.</p>
<p>Just hope you do really well in your freshman year. I think you can still get scholarships for your good work in your 2nd year +. That will be a good amount of money saved.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'll be working summers for sure and then I will probably have my parents pay off some of it (less than 1/4 of it for sure), and the rest will be in loans that I will probably have to pay off one day.</p>
<p>How can I say a degree is not worth that much? Because you can get the EXACT SAME DEGREE at somewhere else for MUCH less. A bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree. Why pay $100,000 more for one when it's not necessary?</p>
<p>The difference in starting salary between Indiana and say, Northern Illinois, isn't much. Maybe $5-10,000/year. So why pay $100,000 more and go into that amount of debt? The name on the degree isn't that important. Anyone who has lived in the real world for one second will realize that.</p>
<p>Well it looks like I'm going to save my 100k for my Kelley MBA.</p>
<p>Thanks for everyone's help!</p>