My daughter is not likely to pursue a high paying career either. I wonder if she would have been better off finding a job and just having me give her the $300,000 I will have spent on her education. As it is, she is planning on going to graduate school, which she will have to pay for so she is weighing these things now.
this is "all or nothing" thinking.. other posts show that other school systems have different cost structures. If she has the character and health for it, you could send her to an overseas school also.. think out of the box!
I know this is a standard way of thinking, so I’m not criticizing you personally, but…what’s love got to do with it? College is a business proposition where whoever is paying has strong metrics to base what they are willing to pay for on: average starting salary on graduation, placement rate, etc. The rest is a luxury; certainly the attendee is entitled to a preference, but if that preference is more expensive, they should pay for it (and be made aware of exactly what that looks like).
I’m a parent and we are emphatically not saving for a half-million-dollar college tab for our child. We are instead making sure we are in states with quality state options that our child can attend on local universal merit programs; anything further, they are responsible for.