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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on earlier comments, it sounds like people want to base academic rankings on job placement and salary statistics. Those two don’t necessarily correlate. If you’re comparing an Ivy classics major to a State U CS major, the comparison makes no sense from an academic perspective, but the CS major will have a higher salary. What’s the point of the ROI focus? To make the arts look bad? Don’t people already know which majors pay? ROI is a dumb way to rate academic excellence. [/quote]

College degree is useless waste of money if you serve at a restaurant or make coffee at Starbucks afterwards.
It's not everything but most important factor

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It works the other way too. Anyone who pays too dollar for a degree in a field which pays high salaries regardless of where your degree is from is throwing away their money. When you can do just as well in engineering or CS with a degree from Stat U, why pay 2-3 times as much as much?[/quote]

That is like saying why go to a Michelin star restaurant when you can go to McDonald's and get a meal at lower price. [/quote]

Getting a CS degree from GMU is not same as a CS degree from CMU.[/quote]

True. But getting a CS degree from Georgia Tech ($50K OOS) is comparable to a CS degree from CMU ($80K OOS). [/quote]

If you need aid, CMU will award it. Not going to get anything from a highly-ranked public as an OOS.
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What is considered highly ranked is Georgia Tech highly ranked?[/quote]
Georgia Tech is ranked #5 in Computer Science. Is being #5 highly ranked in your dictionary?[/quote]

Yes, but that’s one program. How is it’s classics program? That’s why it’s not a highly ranked overall. [/quote]

Georgia Tech doesn't even have a Classics Department and offers no classes in Greek or Latin. That doesn't make it a weaker choice, unless that matters to you. Just like Dartmouth not having a major in business doesn't make it a weaker choice for those who don't care about that.[/quote]

What if your kid goes in for CS and then changes their mind? Lots of kids do that. I went in for Economics and ended up switching to Chemistry. Never imagined I would do that in HS. [/quote]

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