However, the typical student loan debt level is:
$36,935 Penn State (system average)
$36,466 Pittsburgh
$35,750 Temple
The high debt levels are likely due to the poor in-state financial aid.
Also, one cannot predict where in the industry and economic cycle it will be four or five years from now. If one is unlucky enough to graduate in a downturn (when a $70,000 per year job will be hard to get) with a high debt load, that can be trouble.