Smartmoney: Colleges That Help Grads Get Top Salaries

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Another problem is that only tuition is considered, rather than total cost of attendance. Since they are assuming OOS for the public schools, that would mean that most students looking at this type of comparison would not be commuters and would have to consider living expenses as well.</p>

<p>Some schools that would do well in Smart Money’s comparison:</p>

<p>USMA, USNA, USAFA (free, but only suitable for those planning a military officer career)
Cooper Union (since they count just tuition, divide by zero error?)
Virginia Tech (low OOS tuition, lots of engineering majors)
Cal Poly SLO (low OOS tuition, lots of engineering majors)

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<p>They count sticker price so the Cooper Union wouldn’t do as well as you think they would if they do the rankings by the book according to the rules they laid out. Technically, Cooper Union has a $36k tuition, BUT everyone gets a full-tuition scholarship. This is a perfect example of item #2 in your first post regarding methodology.</p>