"Flagship" is a better bet than an upper-tier private college, according to Bloomberg.

[Anonymous]

There are tens of thousands of students at flagships; it isn't a great ROI for all of them.

[Anonymous]

It really is not all about money people.

College will be your kid’s new home, where they will learn how to be an adult.

Choose wisely (which does not mean delegating the decision to a magazine).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are tens of thousands of students at flagships; it isn't a great ROI for all of them.

+1

And certainly not a superior ROI on all of them. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are tens of thousands of students at flagships; it isn't a great ROI for all of them.

Just like the thousands at privates and ivies aren’t a great ROI for everyone either.

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Anonymous wrote:Good thing I don't care about ROI.

Same!! If you’ve made money this is the best thing to spend it on.

Cornell - here we come.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It really is not all about money people.

College will be your kid’s new home, where they will learn how to be an adult.

Choose wisely (which does not mean delegating the decision to a magazine).

No way to know which college will be better at that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the term “flagship” is misleading. For instance, University of New Mexico is a flagship, yet I doubt many will be clamoring to go there. Same with University of Alaska-Fairbanks, etc. There are a lot of state universities that are excellent and aren’t necessarily the “flagship.”

Then they are excellent state universities, but not a flagship.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the term “flagship” is misleading. For instance, University of New Mexico is a flagship, yet I doubt many will be clamoring to go there. Same with University of Alaska-Fairbanks, etc. There are a lot of state universities that are excellent and aren’t necessarily the “flagship.”

Then they are excellent state universities, but not a flagship.

The point being that just because a university is denoted a "flagship," doesn't mean it's an excellent school. "Flagship" is an irrelevant classification.

[Anonymous]

The article is a point of view shared by many and nothing new. Posters can cherry pick exceptions, Doesn't change anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article is pointless if not by major. And that list of 63 includes numerous liberal arts schools that don’t typically go into lucrative fields like engineering.

Everyone doesn't want to be an engineer.

Colleges have many majors.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the term “flagship” is misleading. For instance, University of New Mexico is a flagship, yet I doubt many will be clamoring to go there. Same with University of Alaska-Fairbanks, etc. There are a lot of state universities that are excellent and aren’t necessarily the “flagship.”

Then they are excellent state universities, but not a flagship.

The point being that just because a university is denoted a "flagship," doesn't mean it's an excellent school. "Flagship" is an irrelevant classification.

Just go with the top 20 public colleges and call it a day.

California has most of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is some examples of the data:

The ROI at
University of Maryland-College Park

is $200,000 after 10 years. The annual cost of attendance is $27,343.

The ROI at
University of Virginia-Main Campus

is $197,000 after 10 years. The annual cost of attendance is $34,094.

The ROI at
Williams College

is $165,000 after 10 years. The annual cost of attendance is $75,520.

The ROI at
Tulane University of Louisiana

is $31,000 after 10 years. The annual cost of attendance is $75,628.

The ROI at
Bates College

is $115,000 after 10 years. The annual cost of attendance is $73,538.

So out of state at some of those schools actually turns the 10 year ROI negative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the term “flagship” is misleading. For instance, University of New Mexico is a flagship, yet I doubt many will be clamoring to go there. Same with University of Alaska-Fairbanks, etc. There are a lot of state universities that are excellent and aren’t necessarily the “flagship.”

Then they are excellent state universities, but not a flagship.

Exactly, UCLA is no Ole Miss and Georgia Tech is certainly not in the same league as Nevada

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great so I’ll just make sure my kids get into UVA. Easy peazy. 🙄🙄🙄

You have 49 other flagships to choose from

The article is about ROI. UVA at 40k has a better ROI than Michigan at 70k

If you live in Virginia. If you live in Michigan, or anywhere else, not true.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the term “flagship” is misleading. For instance, University of New Mexico is a flagship, yet I doubt many will be clamoring to go there. Same with University of Alaska-Fairbanks, etc. There are a lot of state universities that are excellent and aren’t necessarily the “flagship.”

Then they are excellent state universities, but not a flagship.

Exactly, UCLA is no Ole Miss and Georgia Tech is certainly not in the same league as Nevada

Ole Miss is a flagship, GT is not.