Salary Breakeven for Private vs. Public College Graduates  Email
 Print Print    Bachelor of Arts English DegreeI had lunch today
with a few friends and the topic of private versus public
college came up, a topic they recommended I put on my blog (so
to appease them, I did!). As the graduates of private colleges,
we were all curious what the difference in salary between
graduating from a private college, paying $30,000+ a year for
tuition/room/board/etc, and graduating from a public college,
paying $10,000 a year for room, board, etc. The impetus of the
conversation was that one friend knew someone who was graduating
as a radiation oncologist and did a similar analysis between
doctors and typical engineers (his analysis said it took twenty
years for the doctor, a radiation oncologist, to “catch up” to
an engineer, after accounting for typical raises, college loan
debt, and other factors). So what’s the break-even point between
private and public college graduates?  The answer …?  Not enough
available data. (s