Providence College or Xavier University?

Providence: I got $10,000 a year, but will still have to pay $52,000 a year, and have $5,000 plus loans when I get out. The school is close to home and is academically strong.

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Xavier University: I got $18,000 and will probably pay $25,000 a year, and my parents will help out probably ending up with no loans. I will be far from home, but will have family in the area.

Should I pick Providence for the "better academics and stay close to home and take the loans? Or should I pick Xavier for the cheap tuition?

SpongeBob 12 Hi Providence College is great…but 52k plus 5k in debt is not worth it…I would recommend re-looking at Xavier College again and find something you love about it…no college is worth that amount of debt…if you were my kid it would be irresponsible of me as a parent tellingly you to go into debit…good luck!

Xavier is a fine school. I don’t think that Providence is worth $27k/year more.

Xavier, definitely.

Xavier! I live near PC and it has a pretty bad local reputation. It’s definitely not worth the extra money.