<p>Boston College will be about 30k in loans and family contribution while UMD will be only 12k (I'm instate). I am in the business schools of both universities, Carroll and Smith. I think both schools would be a good fit for me, but I had really wanted to have the opportunity to leave Maryland.... For an idea of how much my family makes, the EFC provided by the FAFSA was about 8.5k, and we can probably pay a couple thousand more than that.
So is Boston College worth graduating with possibly 80k worth of debt vs. Maryland where I would leave with 8k or even none at all?</p>
<p>CSOM is far and away a better program than Smith. But honestly 80K in debt is way too much. Go to Maryland.</p>