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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People might be misinterpreting these results. As I understand it, the ranking shows which schools produce the biggest bang (outcomes) for the buck (cost minus aid), essentially a ROI, with a few other measures too (30%). So, if the average cost to attend is high, even good outcomes are significantly offset. On the other hand, if the average cost to attend is low, just a better-than-average outcome would rank the school highly. So, it’s the balance of the two that gets a school highly ranked. [/quote]

This is the way I read it as well.  I have kids at two of the schools, and the normally much higher-ranked one is ranked well below the other school.  But the WSJ lower-ranked school is much more expensive.  At least initially, the kid going there will make much less money than the one at the better-ranked (by WSJ) university, at least initially.   [/quote]

I am confused…are you saying your kid at the expensive school is going to make less money than the kid at the cheaper school?

I read this to say that a kid from NYU may make a ton more than a kid from University of Delaware, but NYU costs a fortune and gives little aid so the payback period is longer (and hence the lower ranking).

Your situation seems to justify the WSJ ranking.[/quote]

Yes, that is what I am saying.  More expensive school is ranked lower here.  The kid at the higher ranked, less expensive school is in a pre-professional major and walk out the door making really good money with the option of continuing their education with an advanced degree.  The other kid at the WSJ lower ranked school will get a job that they already certified to do now but cannot enter their career field until they finish graduate school which requires significant clinical hours.  The lower-ranked school does not have the same pre-professional orientation as the higher (WSJ)-ranked one, which is fine because they are going into two different career tracks in the same general field
Assuming they both complete grad school, they will eventually make comparable salaries but the (again one attending the higher WSJ-ranked college) will have several years in the field working making nearly double what their sibling will be making.  [/quote]

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