<prompt> Human: Im posting this on a behalf of some relatives. Their daughter is intending to attend college on student loans, the amount of which I feel is slightly concerning. Helping them gather some opinions about whether this is a smart career path to start on.Without giving out too much information, basically she has 3 options to take, all in Computer Science. There are two nearby schools which will amount for 80K total in tuition. Possibly less if she commutes from home, but she seems to want to dorm to make friends not sure if its worth the extra living fees? There is also the option of a better school out of town for 200K total in tuition living costs, which I personally think is overkill for an engineering major regardless of how prestigious the school is.ALL of this money is coming from loans as I dont think their family has any funds to spare. I feel like any of these are too big of an investment and she could just pick up a few IT certs to make the same amount of money somewhere down the road. She also seems to be on the fence about the major, only considering it because it will potentially pay more in the future which I feel makes less sense to get into debt over it. Is this an expected amount for a BS in CS, and is it worth it?  <response>: Are we talking 200k for an undergrad? That seems close to obscene to me. Honestly the best advice Ive heard for people starting on college is go to a community college to knock out your core classes and get your feet wet before taking the plunge on a 4 year university.Spending extra money to live in the dorms and end up with almost a quarter million dollars in debt because she has a romanticized idea of what dorm life would be is beyond stupid. 