More Bang For Your Buck: State College

Originally posted on Moneywatch

Father knows best. In 1998, when I was kicking and screaming my way to Penn State University (I wanted to go to an elite private school but we didn't have the money), my dad said that I would thank him later. "How is Penn State better than Northwestern or Georgetown or NYU?" I nagged. "Why had I bothered taking AP courses and 9 extracurricular activities and learning three languages in high school? Why, if all I was destined to do was to go to a state college...