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Would I be sacrificing a quality education for a cheaper one? Anyone have any advice? Thank you!
Absolutely not! The state schools here in New York are some of the best schools anyone could wish to attend! (SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Binghamton...) You should be proud to have been accepted to a school with a better price tag, because I am sure the competition was fierce. Look at the pass/fail rates for a particular school, not at their price. That will show their quality.
Unless the private schools are nationally renown (e.g. Duke, Yale, etc.) then NO. In North Carolina, I have found that the private schools (save Duke) have a poorer quality of education than the state institutions. In many respects even the prestigious institutions (like Duke) are not worth their price with regard to quality education. They may have an edge, but their only edge is having a reputation which attracts more well-known faculty--and that is it.
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I was accepted to A Cal State nursing program and two private schools. I think I am going to go to The state school because of the price, but do you think that is the right thing? Would I be sacrificing a quality education for a cheaper one? Anyone have any advice? Thank you!