My DD got admitted to both the Northeastern Honors Program for Computer Science as well as the Rutgers Computer Science Honors program (not Honors College). She wants to be in Boston city and take advantage of the coop program. However, cost is a huge factor. I will have to shell out almost $150 k more for Northeastern than for Rutgers. Does going to Northeastern justify the cost?
I love Northeastern CS and could rant for days about it, but. Rutgers is good and 150K is a huge premium. Unless you’re at “no one will notice that 150K is missing” level of affordability, Rutgers is probably the right call here.