A few are here because students regard the academics as mediocre, for example, or because the schools can’t seem to graduate students in four years, or because they’ll admit pretty much anyone with a pulse.
While some of these schools are relatively affordable, others are ridiculously expensive.
The cost of a college education in the United States today is utterly out of hand. Colleges and universities have bloated their administrative staffs with entirely too many useless bureaucrats.
As a result, America’s college graduates are in debt to America’s bankers to the tune of $1.2 trillion.
Many of the schools on this list have landed here because the social life is dreadful.
The ability to have a good time around cool people is critical.
Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. College has become a four-year (or five-year, of six-year) party. You may as well join the fun.
And you should consider the local quality of life.
If there’s nothing to do but go to Walmart or you are likely to get mugged, that matters.
...Note also that several schools here — almost 30 percent — generally emphasize science and engineering.
That’s no coincidence.
Students at engineering schools are notoriously unhappy with their heavy workloads and sometimes frustrated with their social lives.
If they are unhappy, the odds are you’ll also be unhappy.
...This year’s list also captures return on investment, which is another big deal.
You want to get a job when you get out of college, and you want to have a successful career that pays the bills and makes you happy.
Return on investment is especially important to consider given the perpetually sluggish economy and weak job market.
It’s a problem now.
It could very well be a problem a few years from now.
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