Comments on: Getting Paid Back for a College Education: 15 Top Schools http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/18/getting-paid-back-for-a-college-education-15-top-schools/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tango&Cash http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/18/getting-paid-back-for-a-college-education-15-top-schools/#comment-187360 Tango&Cash Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:13:09 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4852#comment-187360 Higher education has too many faces now, and while I'm not so scathing as to label it just another product, to most people and in many ways it is. It is brand driven, so the economic reality for most liberal arts students is that they pay exorbitantly for what they actually get from "most competitive" universities/corporations. The industrial consumer education complex's idea of "super sizing" tuition needs to die, and hopefully will soon. Higher education has too many faces now, and while I’m not so scathing as to label it just another product, to most people and in many ways it is.

It is brand driven, so the economic reality for most liberal arts students is that they pay exorbitantly for what they actually get from “most competitive” universities/corporations. The industrial consumer education complex’s idea of “super sizing” tuition needs to die, and hopefully will soon.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/18/getting-paid-back-for-a-college-education-15-top-schools/#comment-186777 Flexo Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:34:27 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4852#comment-186777 Hm, sounds like an intra-Georgia rivalry. Hm, sounds like an intra-Georgia rivalry.

]]> By: Steven http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/18/getting-paid-back-for-a-college-education-15-top-schools/#comment-186776 Steven Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:31:49 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4852#comment-186776 Nice to see that GA Tech is high up on that list (I am a current student), but as Kyle stated, U[sic]GA's numbers have to be wrong. Nice to see that GA Tech is high up on that list (I am a current student), but as Kyle stated, U[sic]GA’s numbers have to be wrong.

]]> By: matt @ Thrive http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/18/getting-paid-back-for-a-college-education-15-top-schools/#comment-186767 matt @ Thrive Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:18:23 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4852#comment-186767 I think you hit it on the head, Flexo, when you noted that ROI is a pretty poor way of actually understanding the happiness you derive from an experience. After all, liberal arts schools have the lowest return in this survey financially, and yet breed some of the best and brightest in the country. It is simply that best and brightest rarely maps to "most highly paid". *grins* I think you hit it on the head, Flexo, when you noted that ROI is a pretty poor way of actually understanding the happiness you derive from an experience. After all, liberal arts schools have the lowest return in this survey financially, and yet breed some of the best and brightest in the country. It is simply that best and brightest rarely maps to “most highly paid”. *grins*

]]> By: Kyle http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2008/12/18/getting-paid-back-for-a-college-education-15-top-schools/#comment-186753 Kyle Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:36:55 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=4852#comment-186753 Love the photo of my alma mater's football stadium. The UGA numbers must to be wrong, though. Cow milking can't possibly pay that well. Love the photo of my alma mater’s football stadium. The UGA numbers must to be wrong, though. Cow milking can’t possibly pay that well.

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