<p>This is worthless. Almost no one pays retail at private schools, making this comparison very biased toward public schools. I also agree with ucbalumnus, any school heavy with science majors is going to come out ahead becuase science people make more. </p>
<p>What WOULD be useful is some ROI in the offer letter. What if my acceptance to college X included the cost, agerage starting salary for my career goal, then payback calculation. At least I would be comparing apples to apples.</p>