Carnegie Mellon vs. UIUC for Electrical Engineering

Hi,
I got into CMU for ECE and UIUC for Electrical Engineering. I am interested in energy generation and power systems. I am unsure if I should choose CMU or UIUC. While my parents are willing to pay for CMU, I don’t know if it is worth 80k per year. I am also quite skeptical of the stressful environment and the lack of a social scene at CMU from what I read.

I assume your instate in Il, do you think grad school is in your future? CMU is a great school no doubt and congrats on the admission but it is not 50k better a year. Go instate.

Thanks for the reply. I’m actually international so I’ll be paying quite a lot for UIUC too. Even then there’s a 20k difference between UIUC and CMU.