<p>I think you’re jumping the gun a bit. If I understand your situation, you’re only now starting the application process, right? You’re assuming that the net additional cost to you of BC will be $20K/year more than your other choices, until you have all your acceptances and all of your financial aid packages there’s no way to know if this will be true. </p>
<p>Assuming the worst, that BC would require $80K of additional debt, I’d say no, no school is worth that much of an increased burden, especially since your plans include the added expense of law school. The rules of accounting are the same at every business school, the laws of supply and demand are the same for Econ1 at BC as they are at Miami. </p>
<p>You may find some starting salary surveys that show differences between BC and USanDiego and Miami, but I doubt that the differences are dramatic enough to overcome the the interest payments and opportunity costs of the added debt. So you’re left with the concept of intangibles: Who has the best internships? Who has the best connections? Here your betting on the idea that one school is vastly superior than another and that you will figure out how to access and exploit those opportunities - at $80K of debt, that’s an awfully big bet.</p>
<p>Your final salary track will be affected by your law degree far more than your undergrad business degree. A question you should answer for yourself is, where do I want to work and live after graduation? As worried_mom pointed out, the biggest advantage of any of your schools will be their local connections when it comes to jobs. BC will be strongest in the northeast, Miami in the southeast and San Diego in California; BC is probably the biggest “brand name” of the three but I don’t know that it’s a significant advantage.</p>