Advice Column
Does the price of a college affect the quality?
No the price of a college does not affect the quality. In order to compare cost to quality, you have to find how you define quality. Do you want the school to have a good overall quality? This includes the safety of the campus, how well the professors teach and the intelligence levels of the other students. Or do you want the school to have good quality within the felid you are going to major in? Sometimes colleges are cheap, but they are one of the best schools in the nation for your major. It may be hard, but you can find a good priced college with a nice overall quality and nice quality within the field you are going to study.