Some hard lessons about college costs

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@BCEagle91

It’s interesting that a lot of state universities have a big research focus - perhaps the research offsets declining state contributions.

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<p>Is this really true for most? Seems that it is mainly the flagship-level state universities have high research activity. Other state universities may not have as much research activity.</p>

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@BCEagle91

I think that a lot of students go to public research universities because of the sticker price not realizing what the primary focus of professors is. You can get the focus on teachers at LACs but they often have much higher sticker prices.

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<p>Of course, a more advanced student who will skip some or all of the big lower division lectures in his/her major, take upper division courses early, take graduate courses as an undergraduate, and engage in undergraduate research may find an RU model school to be more suitable than a LAC model school.</p>