Would you pay $260,000 for a Bachelor's Degree? (computer science, degrees, cost)

[Mandalorian]

That is the price most top private schools (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Chicago, NW, etc) are charging. To me it just seems silly.

I could justify that for Medical/Dental/Law school but for an undergrad? Really?

[Pitt Chick]

"Would you pay $260,000 for a Bachelor's Degree?"

No, I would not.
As many, many others do not. You are totally ignoring the large amount of financial aid those school issue.

Since you mentioned Harvard first:
https://college.harvard.edu/financia...rks/fact-sheet

20% of Harvard undergrads pay ZERO.... not $260,000 as you say.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Pitt Chick

"Would you pay $260,000 for a Bachelor's Degree?"

No, I would not.
As many, many others do not. You are totally ignoring the large amount of financial aid those school issue.

Since you mentioned Harvard first:
https://college.harvard.edu/financia...rks/fact-sheet

20% of Harvard undergrads pay ZERO.... not $260,000 as you say.

Not everyone is poor enough to qualify for financial aid. Those schools don't give merit scholarships.

[Pitt Chick]

Did you even LOOK at the link I provided?
One snippet -
"Families with incomes between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute from 0-10% of their income".
Nothing to do with being poor at all...

[Everdeen]

The students who attend that actually pay the full amount can afford it. I'd be willing to bet that they believe it is worth it.

There are a lot of things I wouldn't/couldn't pay a lot of money for. $100,000 for a car? No. $20,000 for a sofa? No. $1,000,000 for a house? No. People that can, do. And that's fine. At least that kind of high priced education is likely to pay you back.

[SoulJourn]

No one pays that much. This is a load of anti-education BS.

[Everdeen]

Yes, they do.

The total 2013-2014 cost of attending Harvard College without financial aid is $38,891 for tuition and $59,950 for tuition, room, board and fees combined.

Harvard at a Glance | Harvard University

[concept_fusion]

Carnegie Mellon tops 60k/yr, with room and board plus tuition. Granted, CMU Computer Science grads are the highest earners of any school, but that's after shelling out what might be 240k for their degrees. And yes, people do pay this money to go to these schools. I imagine some parents are more comfortable paying the big tuition than just handing over dough to their kids.

[TabulaRasa]

Approximately 70% of Harvard students are financial aid recipients.

[nightlysparrow]

If a student can make important career connections that benefit them through their lifetimes, it may be worth it.