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Business Decision: what is the long-term value difference for private universities?
Posted on 3/3/23 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 3/3/23 at 7:43 pm
...such as: Baylor, SMU, Tulane, etc.?
Not Ivy League
Outside the top 50ish universities
But lots of $
For a business or finance degree
Justify (or not) the $160k minimum degree cost for this tier of private universities for these degrees, please.
Not Ivy League
Outside the top 50ish universities
But lots of $
For a business or finance degree
Justify (or not) the $160k minimum degree cost for this tier of private universities for these degrees, please.
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Posted on 3/3/23 at 7:44 pm to Turf Taint
Connections
Put a price on them.
Put a price on them.
This post was edited on 3/3/23 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 3/3/23 at 7:45 pm to Turf Taint
The Loch Ness monster told me it's about tree fiddy of a difference.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 7:52 pm to Turf Taint
Career wise virtually nothing, probably a better college experience though
Posted on 3/3/23 at 7:55 pm to Turf Taint
Difference compared to what? A public school? There are sec schools that rank better than those. It all depends on what you want to do and where you want to live when you graduate, as well as everything working out as far as ur making as much sense at 22 as it did at 18 years old.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:16 pm to Turf Taint
quote:
Not Ivy League
Outside the top 50ish universities
But lots of $
Tulane has never been outside of the top 50, at least not consistently. Typically bounces around high 30s to mid 40s.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:17 pm to Turf Taint
Look at Western Governors University. Private not- for-profit university that's 4x regionally accredited. Their college of business is fantastic, they allow acceleration, and their grads are working for tons of big companies. My total out of pocket was less than 25k for my 4 year undergrad. It's a legit alternative to going broke for college education.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:46 pm to tigerfive
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Western Governors University
Was hit with a $700m fine by the DoE for crap online courses. Somehow, they were able to negotiate out of that.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:52 pm to Turf Taint
Quant
University of the South
U r welcome
University of the South
U r welcome
Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:53 pm to Turf Taint
For business/finance, the Tulane name will impress the people hiring for the investment firms in NYC, much more so than LSU/Ole Miss/etc. Plus there are a lot of people from NY/NJ who go to Tulane, who have parents/connections who work in investment banking. If you plan on staying in Louisiana, probably a better ROI to go to LSU.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 8:57 pm to Turf Taint
Connections bigtime. Not that they cannot be had elsewhere like a friend (RIP) who at University of Texas had one of the Hunt family as a roommate along with another guy in a 4 BR apartment and the 4th BR a grow room for weed in the early 1980's.
A older friend who died at 90 a year ago went to one of the Ivy League feeder prep schools and made lots of connections for capital when he left being a math prof to oilman. He never had to borrow money for oil deals but would bring in other investors for wells and fields he had a piece of globally.
Capital looks for investment opportunity and why GHWB went to Midland, TX to find and invest in oil deals for his family.
A older friend who died at 90 a year ago went to one of the Ivy League feeder prep schools and made lots of connections for capital when he left being a math prof to oilman. He never had to borrow money for oil deals but would bring in other investors for wells and fields he had a piece of globally.
Capital looks for investment opportunity and why GHWB went to Midland, TX to find and invest in oil deals for his family.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 9:49 pm to Turf Taint
One daughter TCU
One daughter Baylor
both have serious degrees....Business and STEM. Worked their arse off.
The connections to the wealthy are legit...a lot of California and East Coast money sent their kids to TCU and Baylor.
One daughter Baylor
both have serious degrees....Business and STEM. Worked their arse off.
The connections to the wealthy are legit...a lot of California and East Coast money sent their kids to TCU and Baylor.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:03 pm to Turf Taint
Once you get outside of the top 50 there really isn’t a benefit. Go to whatever state school has a good program that you’re interested in and has a track record of students getting hired. Being debt free at 22 is very nice
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:09 pm to Turf Taint
As someone who went to one of those schools. I would only do it if you get a full ride or your parents can pay. A lot of my friends are successful after graduating from there, but if you had to take out the loans I don’t think it would be worth it over a state school.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:18 pm to Ric Flair
Maybe, but who the f wants to live in ny or nj? Hard Fricking pass.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:19 pm to Turf Taint
quote:
...such as: Baylor, SMU, Tulane, etc.?
I went to public school, but I will say the average student I interview from these schools is usually much more impressive than the average student from even highly ranked public schools like Michigan, UCLA, and Florida.
I wouldn’t recommend taking out a ton of debt for it, but if the parents can afford it, I think it’s a better education.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:32 pm to TomRollTideRitter
quote:
the parents can afford it,
I think any path that gets you a worthwhile degree with little debt when in entering the workforce at 22 is a good thing.
I did have friends who took out big debt for liberal arts degrees and I don’t think that was wise at all.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:41 pm to BearsFan
quote:
I think any path that gets you a worthwhile degree with little debt when in entering the workforce at 22 is a good thing.
100% and this is why I always have encouraged the consulting firms I’ve worked at to recruit from more schools.
Nowadays, the cost of college is too prohibitive and the admissions criteria too subjective to assume a student at highly-ranked college A is better than a student at lower-ranked college B.
There are definitely better and worse universities, but the spread of talented students is much more broad than it used to be.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 10:42 pm to Turf Taint
For undergrad I would say zero. Grad school, definitely worth the money.
Posted on 3/3/23 at 11:01 pm to fightin tigers
Maybe for MBA….but not at all for undergrad.
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