Communications major - tOSU vs Michigan vs Michigan State

[KenJennings]

@Genevieve18

Michigan will open more doors, for sure. Whether it’s worth the difference, if your student gets a full ride to one of the others, depends on your financial situation. If you can afford the difference without a threat to any other children’s college opportunities or to your retirement, it could well be worth it, and then you and your student would want to consider fit compared to the others. If saving money is paramount, then the full ride would be the choice.

You mentioned that you are down to these three colleges. Does your student also have a separate safety, or is one of these a safety for your student based on their stats / Naviance / guidance counselor’s review? Every student needs to have a safety.

Thanks for the input. Yes, we can afford Michigan without major issues. But the thought of saving even that $120K, in case of a full ride at MSU or tOSU, is tempting. But if the $120K Michigan degree is definitely worth it over the long run for the kid in job opportunities/grad school etc. as you seem to suggest, probably that’s the route we’ll go.

Kid got admitted to another universities (Purdue etc.) but we are only looking at these 3 universities for now.