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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 698101, member: 405"] I think it's a bad idea to compare the value of degrees in this manner. First, cost doesn't equal value. And second, while maybe Syracuse ranks a few spots higher academically than Rutgers or Pitt in some areas, it is also a few spots lower in others. Another factor in the value of a degree is the employment market impact. Rutgers grads have the opportunity to work in the metro NYC area or Metro Philly area, both of which offer much better job markets than Upstate NY, and in both locations a Rutgers degree is seen as the equal (or better) of an SU degree, if it's not in the certain hallowed few schools like Maxwell, Newhouse, etc. Pitt, of course, is a fine school with an outstanding medical school (which Syracuse lacks) and an outstanding engineering school. Pittsburgh, too, offers a better economic climate for its grads than SU does. [/QUOTE]