The 12 Best Values In College Education

Paying for College
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<p><a href="http://www.citiesjournal.com/the-12-best-values-in-college-education-go-to-these-schools"&gt;http://www.citiesjournal.com/the-12-best-values-in-college-education-go-to-these-schools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>They are ONLY values if you get accepts and are eligible to receive need based aid. many of these schools do not offer merit aid, or have very limited merit aid. And I loved how they quoted ONLY the tuition costs, and not room/board. </p>

<p>Sorry, but for many students, acceptance would be challenging, and aid would not be forthcoming because of family income.</p>

<p>I think the article highlights some very fine schools, but “values”? I think not…at least not for,everyone. A $60,000 a year price tag is not a value.</p>

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<p>Sorry, this list seems idiotic to me… and I love several of these schools, but I really don’t think “best value” is going to be the case by most measures. Certainly not by ROI…</p>

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<p>Yeah, I agree. Sorta random… and… YAY BOWDOIN.</p>

<p>Actually, this list was more entertaining:
<a href=“The 12 Worst Values In College Education – Do Not Go To These Schools! | Cities Journal”>http://www.citiesjournal.com/the-12-worst-values-in-college-education-do-not-go-to-these-schools/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“Do not go to these schools”; so crass.</p>

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<p>This lists are “averages” or so they claim to be. An average means that if you have your head in the freezer and your back side in the fire, you are very comfortable, on average. </p>

<p>But more importantly, what a school COSTS YOU is what’s important. Not what it GIVES you, not what it costs OTHERS but what the bottom line cost is for YOU. I’ve known kids who have done very well in terms of aid, scholarships at schools with reputations of being tight in packages. What does that matter if YOU get a nice bottom line, affordable cost from them? </p>

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<p>“An average means that if you have your head in the freezer and your back side in the fire, you are very comfortable, on average.”</p>

<p>That made me laugh @cpt! Almost none of these schools are affordable for us.</p>

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<p>Values if … they meet full need and/or you can pay your EFC … etc, etc etc. And average debt means nothing … if most students come from wealthy families, there may be no need for the average student to borrow … so it depends on the population they are considering. As I tell my students, it doesn’t matter what the average student in our school borrows … it matters what YOU borrow. </p>

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<p>Re: <a href=“The 12 Worst Values In College Education – Do Not Go To These Schools! | Cities Journal”>http://www.citiesjournal.com/the-12-worst-values-in-college-education-do-not-go-to-these-schools/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That is a list of very low selectivity four year colleges. Is it any surprise that their graduation rates are low?</p>

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<p>I love the photo accompanying Coppin State U. among the worst value colleges. It’s a boarded up building.
<a href=“The 12 Worst Values In College Education – Do Not Go To These Schools! | Cities Journal”>http://www.citiesjournal.com/the-12-worst-values-in-college-education-do-not-go-to-these-schools/11/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>What the heck is citiesjournal.com anyway?</p>