It is better NOT to go to college (or go to a much cheaper college or nearly “free” ROP job training program) than to take out a student loan which will ruin your life right out of the gate, just as you’re trying to start it. I don’t believe in them.[/quote]
I generally agree unless were talking Harvard, MIT, Princeton, etc…
I wonder how many of these people arrested for not paying their student loans went to football schools or for-profit schools.[/quote]In spite of several tuition fee hikes in the past decade (but not in recent years), I feel the CSU is still reasonable in cost for an in-state student. If your student can carry a 12-23 hr week job while attending FT, they can pay some of their expenses (incl gas, parking and some books, if necessary). It isn’t that costly for room/board if your student shares with 3 roommates as they will only owe 1/4 the rent and utilities every month. And some of the CSU campuses are located in cheaper inland and/or rural areas of the state where housing costs less.
I think the CSU is a good value and has an incredible amount of degree programs to choose from in comparison to similarly-situated state college systems in other states. It’s undoubtedly the biggest public university system in the nation and cranks out more bachelor degrees than any other. And your student doesn’t have to have a 4.0+ GPA in HS to get accepted to most campuses … although that bar keeps rising every year.
