Patch's Poll: Is A Private College Worth The Cost?
Three Connecticut private colleges make the 10 Most Expensive List. Is that money well spent? Take our poll and add your thoughts in the comments.
Originally published on Madison Patch.
Three of the 10 most expensive private colleges in the nation are in Connecticut, according to U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of expensive colleges. This year's list includes Connecticut College, Trinity College and Wesleyan University.
Trinity College, in Hartford, ranked third at $44,070 for tuition and fees, according to the list.
Conn comes in fifth, at $43,990.
Wesleyan University, in Middletown, ranked eighth at $43,674.
What do you think? Is that education worth the cost?
Glen K Dunbar
4:54 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
The only way I would have ever gone to College is if I had a job guaranteed lined up for me when I was finished. Moreover, it is not what You know....but who you know that really counts and gets you places :) GLEN
Four Jacks
11:03 am on Monday, February 6, 2012
No, it is what you know, how hard you work, and your ability to work well with others. Lack of any one of these will work in the short term but will not result in a successfull career, especially these days when information is so available and the incapable cannot hide.
Leslie Yager
7:40 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
I graduated Conn Coll, went to Trinity my jr year on 12-coll exchange, and my daughter attends Wesleyan. Big bucks then and now. I graduated into recession as will my kid. No guarantee of job, but a good education is priceless. All 3 are great, albeit expensive schools!
Ella Dawson
12:15 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
WES PRIDE. College tuition is way too hight, but I still think it's an incredible life experience if you can afford it. College isn't only about job training or resume building, it's about learning and broadening your mind. As someone who really enjoys education and studying, I think it's money well spent, at least in my case.
Ella Dawson
12:15 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
*high
Mike
3:25 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
It's not worth the Debt
Leslie Yager
4:03 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
It is sad to see new grads saddled with debt amid grim job prospects. As parents we socked away every penny for 18 years to pay. So, no debt, but little savings left either.
Jamal Powell
3:48 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
College isn't important so much for the degree, which DOES open a few doors that would otherwise be closed, but it's a place where your society's most valuable knowledge is shared.
College is worth every penny.