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<p>Rutgers actually does pretty well in that regard. The Wall Street Journal in 2010 ranked it # 21 of schools in the country for corporate recruitment, after UVa and before Notre Dame. Cornell was #14, ahead of Berkeley and behind Virginia Tech.</p>
<p>The OP doesn’t say what his planned major is. But if his family is struggling financially, I don’t see that 80K in debt is worth it for the difference between Cornell and Rutgers. Cornell is a great school but it’s not worth serious financial instability for the parents.</p>