Tufts Fletcher worth the debt?

[Cab56]

Hello and thanks for reading, 

Fletcher's total costs (including tuition, fees, and rooms and board) are about 120k and they are offering me 40k in aid. I plan to work during school, but will still graduate with ~65k in debt. Think it is worth it? I'm torn.

Thanks again.

[southernhope1]

it's a top 5 school so it's desirable indeed...and $20,000 a year for merit is a strong offer from them (and I believe they are open to appealing for more money in Year 2 if academics go well in Year 1). Is the choice between Fletcher and another grad school or Fletcher and no school?  Fletcher also named a new dean last week (she's from Ireland) and there's a great deal of energy at the school right now...she will be starting in Sept of 2019. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by southernhope1

[Cab56]

13 hours ago, southernhope1 said:

it's a top 5 school so it's desirable indeed...and $20,000 a year for merit is a strong offer from them (and I believe they are open to appealing for more money in Year 2 if academics go well in Year 1). Is the choice between Fletcher and another grad school or Fletcher and no school?  Fletcher also named a new dean last week (she's from Ireland) and there's a great deal of energy at the school right now...she will be starting in Sept of 2019. 

Hi southerhope1,

I really appreciate your reply. I ended up enrolling in Fletcher and declining my other offer from Cornell CIPA, which would've left me with around ~35k in debt. I felt that Fletcher is the the much stronger program (in general and for what I want to do), and that an extra ~30k in debt would be manageable. I hope I'm right.