Forget financial benefits: There's just a high risk of ending up in a crippling financial hole. Many schools have tuitions over 60k/yr. Add mandatory campus living costing 20-30k on top.
I have a child graduating high school right now. As a developer in the US, this means no child of mine is getting need based scholarships. So the question becomes whether it really makes sense to go to any of said expensive colleges vs handing the child 200k+ and going to a worse school where he gets merit scholarships worth 6 figures over the course of his stay.
When you put those kinds of prices out there, do not be surprised if people start to think it's all a ripoff.
I have a child graduating high school right now. As a developer in the US, this means no child of mine is getting need based scholarships. So the question becomes whether it really makes sense to go to any of said expensive colleges vs handing the child 200k+ and going to a worse school where he gets merit scholarships worth 6 figures over the course of his stay.
When you put those kinds of prices out there, do not be surprised if people start to think it's all a ripoff.