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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SLACs have very low ROI compared to state schools:

https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html

They seem like a total scam except for the 1%. Much better for your future to go to UMD or Ohio State or Indians or Purdue or VA Tech to [b]study engineering or business while enjoying college sports[/b].

SLACs seem like a waste for all but the wealthy 1%era who don’t have to worry about finding a job after graduation. Many of them don’t have [b]big college sports [/b]or [b]Greek Life[/b] to generate alumni loyalty. What’s the point of them? 
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Greek Life . . . College Sports . . . Engineering/business/hard sciences . . . all things that would completely turn my kid off of a college.  [/quote]

The notion that SLACs don’t have alumni loyalty because of a lack of Greek life or big sports is stupid. Many SLACs have a very avid alumni base. My SLAC has a great one and I have leaned on the network many times for jobs. Reunions are also a good indicator of alumni loyalty. I have gone to every one. At my 25th reunion, 70% of my class came, that’s huge compared with most schools, esp. big state schools.[/quote]

Maybe that’s your case. I went to a SLAC ranked currently in the high 20s, and the alumni network has been useless and most don’t come to reunions or city-based alumni meetups.

I will definitely be encouraging my kids to attend a flagship state school with big time college sports. College sports are a good way to connect students with alumni. No such thing exists at SLACs except for being a varsity athlete yourself. [/quote]

I have several colleagues who went to LACs and even ‘lesser’ Ivy League schools and they are not pleased with their alumni experiences & outcomes at all. Some of them even mentioned that they should have gone to big state schools instead. [b]They don’t feel any connections to their respective alma maters. That’s why bigtime college athletics is so important to many people.[/b]

I think prospective students should not solely select schools based on education and expected on-campus experiences but also consider what these schools could do for them in the future (and networking is just one factor here).[/quote]

A very good indicator of whether alumni feel a strong connection to their respective alma maters is the % who give money to the school (versus just pay lip service to it or buy a sweatshirt).  And using that metric, many SLACs do much better than big state schools.  [/quote]

Small private schools need to raise funds to survive; large public universities do not need to do so as they are publicly funded.[/quote]

LOL. No. I graduated from Michigan (OP's apparent dream school - sports! greek life! large! CS! business! ROI!). A few years ago, it raised over $5 billion in an endowment campaign. FWIW, both of my DC go to SLACs. [/quote]

+1.  UVa is much the same.[/quote]

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