>But the average is mediocre at best. This just isn't true at all. Average state schools that are affordable to the vast majority of students through income b

>But the average is mediocre at best. This just isn't true at all. Average state schools that are affordable to the vast majority of students through income based student loan repayments are far better than mediocre. The US has 1/3 of the top 500 ranked colleges in the world, and nearly 1/4 of the top 5000. http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/54 http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/54 There's a reason that international students flock to even low ranked state schools in the US.