@Mwfan1921 If I had the money to spare, I would send my kids to the school that they loved regardless of intended major. I don’t expect my kids to pay me back for their college education, so it really doesn’t matter whether they want a high paying career or not. As it is, I don’t have exactly that luxury, but to the extent that I can, I am doing the same thing. My D, who wants pre-med, could obtain the required classes at any 4 year college. I have given her a range of tuitions that we can comfortably afford and within that, she is free to choose. It does not include “full pay” at a private institution. But I am not going to ask her to take the least expensive school on the list either. You could easily ask why we should pay so much more for a private school when she could get a nearly free education at a decent CUNY school nearby. the answer is that the experience is important to me and to the extent that I can, I want to let her have the one she wants.