Are out of state colleges worth it?

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out of state tuition worth it

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There’s almost no situation where this is worth it unless there are scholarships being offered

Easier to get a high paying job with a degree from Vanderbilt rather than Southeastern

A win/win is to move to Texas. Better universities, better quality of life.

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Easier to get a high paying job with a degree from Vanderbilt rather than Southeastern

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With the same major? Nope
no employer has ever cared where I got my degree from

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Easier to get a high paying job with a degree from Vanderbilt rather than Southeastern

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Holy false dichotomy!

The two scenarios where I think it makes more sense:

- Your in state flagships aren't very good and/or have limited reach in places you'd want to work. I don't think there are a lot of those situations.

- Your flagship in-state schools are out of reach. This is more controversial, but if you can't go to UGA in Georgia (or GT but it's obviously become more niche), you're going to be in a web of underachiever fun schools like GA Southern, big, soulless commuter schools like Kennesaw State and Georgia State, and often-oddball small colleges.

Contrary to popular belief I think undergrad choice can matter based on the circumstance. Not that you can't get a good education at Berry College, but going there vs. Clemson is probably going to impact your young adult path pretty heavily.

depends on the school and where you plan to live

for example...an engineering degree from GT maybe worth it over LSU if you plan to live in Atlanta

but for the most part, no. now finance and business and some of the other degrees...have specific schools that hold a lot of weight. but for the average person, especially one that wants to live in LA and is just getting tops and no scholarship to out of state....then no. you can go look up mid career earnings pretty quickly and see that.

now there are cases where schools like bama are giving full rides to out of state students...in cases like that...yea its worth it.

It depends.

Some programs have really nice facilities, world-renound faculty, an impressive alumni network, and useful internships.

Identify what matters most, create a grading rubric based on wants/needs, compare the in-state school and any out-of-state schools being considered, and make an infirmed decision.

Or ask the OT and be prepared for useless advice and rants about how not everyone needs to go to college/college is useless/there are too many institutions of higher learning/join the military/start trade school instead.

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I think it's hard to discern because the type of kids going to t25 law schools predominately go to bigger/higher prestige undergrads. But the simple fact is that in your high end law/MBA programs you're not going to find a bunch of directional school grads.

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You will find plenty of people from state flagship public universities at M7 MBA programs and the top 10 law schools. You will find more kids from the highly selective Top 20 private schools. Is that because the kids are smarter or is it the prestige of their institution? Likely, a bit of both.

Depends on the situation.


If it is a major you can’t get in the state, you get in state rates through the Academic Common Market.


If it is a major you get in your state, the main reason to do it would be if the alumni network you would be plugged into would be a major boost for any future career.




You can get the same education at Harvard, Vandy, or West Virginia in some subjects but the contacts made at Harvard tend to be far more valuable than ones at Vandy or West Virginia unless you plan to be in very specific areas.