<p>Even still, $115k in loans is a pretty extreme amount (monthly payment would be about $1400 a month, higher than my girlfriend and I pay for our apartment in Los Angeles). You’d be putting about 25% of your pre-tax income towards your student loans. This would pretty much rule out any sort of education after graduating, other than perhaps a company-funded MS or MBA.</p>
<p>Personally, even as someone who absolutely loved their time at CMU, I can’t see any school being worth that amount of money.</p>