Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 13:13     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This question is really for donut hole families. People that make over 200,000 a year but less than 300,000. Have some saved for college but not nearly enough.





IMO, if you cannot "easily pay the $90K", then it's not worth it. Don't mess with your retirement to pay for college. There are hundreds of great schools that will be affordable (thru merit or simply lower overall prices). Find the best ones of those for your kid


Np. My kid hasn’t applied yet but I just ran a NPC for a private school my kid is interested in, and despite my having an older dc in college and living in a high COL location, apparently these schools think I should spend 65% of my take home pay on their tuition. So ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 12:11     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:This question is really for donut hole families. People that make over 200,000 a year but less than 300,000. Have some saved for college but not nearly enough.





IMO, if you cannot "easily pay the $90K", then it's not worth it. Don't mess with your retirement to pay for college. There are hundreds of great schools that will be affordable (thru merit or simply lower overall prices). Find the best ones of those for your kid
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 10:54     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:This question is really for donut hole families. People that make over 200,000 a year but less than 300,000. Have some saved for college but not nearly enough.





+1 It is entirely dependent on finances.

Now that number is less than a months pay so the answer is any that they want to go to as long as the quality is high enough.

Ten years ago there would have been alot of soul searching on how much debt we could take on.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 10:51     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We were shocked to find out, during our tufts tour, that the institution has surpassed $91,000. Tufts is a good school ,a great school even, but $91k is way overselling what it actually provides and its mediocre alumni network and few career resources. I understand that the purpose of a college isn't job training, but, at some point, when you're charging such obscene prices, you have to guarantee a return on the investment beyond being a "whole, educated person." For you, what institutions are worth $90k+, if any?
Wharton, Berkeley MET, HYPSM, Georgetown SFS, BSMD programs at selective schools.


Why those? For every program that you listed I can point to several others that will get you anywhere that any of those do and are considered as equal or higher.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 10:47     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
This question is really for donut hole families. People that make over 200,000 a year but less than 300,000. Have some saved for college but not nearly enough.



Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 10:17     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:We were shocked to find out, during our tufts tour, that the institution has surpassed $91,000. Tufts is a good school ,a great school even, but $91k is way overselling what it actually provides and its mediocre alumni network and few career resources. I understand that the purpose of a college isn't job training, but, at some point, when you're charging such obscene prices, you have to guarantee a return on the investment beyond being a "whole, educated person." For you, what institutions are worth $90k+, if any?
Wharton, Berkeley MET, HYPSM, Georgetown SFS, BSMD programs at selective schools.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 08:54     Subject: Re:To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
We have a fortunate financial situation, so I would not be inclined to say "no" to the colleges of DCs' choice based on cost.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 08:48     Subject: Re:To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:Major is much more important if you consider value and worth.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

- Harvard English = $64,155
- Boston College Finance = $135,373
- Northeastern CS = $149,127


Median earnings. It's not why we're full pay for BC, but this is an added benefit.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 08:28     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:For me, none—even HYP.


Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 08:07     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
For me, none—even HYP.
For some, any school their kids want to go to.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 08:03     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:The Ivy-plus: All the ivies plus MIT Stanford Duke Chicago.
The group has been in multiple studies shoeing differences in accessing the top jobs or grad/professional schools within different sectors.


Caltech, Hopkins, and Northwestern are official members of the Ivy Plus consortium as well.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 07:47     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I drew the line at BC when we toured.

Tufts is that same level.





This was us exactly. We would not pay $90K for BC, BU, Tufts, etc.

Other families will. It's obviously a very personal decision.


+ another 1


+10. Kid got into a $90,000 but it was unaffordable for us. Child went to large state, is happy, in a better program than they could get at $90,000 school and there is $ left over for grad school.

Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 07:45     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
The Ivy-plus: All the ivies plus MIT Stanford Duke Chicago.
The group has been in multiple studies shoeing differences in accessing the top jobs or grad/professional schools within different sectors.
Anonymous
Post 03/28/2025 07:19     Subject: Re:To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Major is much more important if you consider value and worth.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

- Harvard English = $64,155
- Boston College Finance = $135,373
- Northeastern CS = $149,127
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2025 22:02     Subject: To you, what schools are truly worth 90k/year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:really only tip top like HYPSM. or those who give a ton of aid to families like mine (good income, real assets)



This. The bottom tier Ivies aren't worth it.

Even with “a ton of aid” ? Makes no sense. But it’s your opinion.
We pay for best fit.