[quote=sdduuuude]If you go to grad school, pay the big bucks and go to a top school. This way only 1/3 of your education is expensive and you still get the big-name school on the resume, and you get the better education when you are more mature and actually interested in learning something.[/quote]

I do not know of a single graduate program in engineering, at least among any of the top schools, that costs the students anything. Stipends probably are at least $30K (and maybe well over that) at any of the top programs.