I don't think this order is the best. Otherwise, it wouldn't take into account your expected outcome. So, given that, IMHO (as a graduate who is going to be far

I don't think this order is the best. Otherwise, it wouldn't take into account your expected outcome. So, given that, IMHO (as a graduate who is going to be far better off, with better, happier long-term prospects having gone 85k into debt than had I chosen to get paid to go to college), I'd say you should weight difference in education with how much debt you'll be going into. Not having gone to the schools in question, I don't know what that would be, but I think some amount of risk-taking pays huge dividends, especially when the risks taken are very favorably calculated risks. Just remember to be a bit Bayesian, and be willing to re-asses your assumptions later down the road.