I guess I will ask the question that a lot of students wonder about.....is the prestige of a school really worth the price?
So I was recently accepted into my dream school, the University of Miami (USNWR 47). The school is over $60000 per year, and if I go I will graduate with over 40000 of debt. I was also accepted to the University of Tampa, which is not really all that known or necessarily highly regarded. However, I did receive the highest scholarship available and the financial aid package is big enough that I will graduate with NO college debt (my parents can pay for it so that I will graduate with no loans, debt, etc). So my question is: would is be better to go to a top 50, prestigious, private university and graduate owing thousands of dollars in loans? Or go to a lesser known university and gradate with absolutely no debt? I plan on receiving a bachelors in nursing and then returning to school to receive my masters in nurse anesthesia. I know that nurse anesthesiology programs are extremely selective (less than 5% acceptance rate on average), so will going to a more prestigious schools highly affect my chances of getting into the program? even then would it be worth being thousands of dollars in debt upon graduation?
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