Choose
a graduate program in a location that suits you both
personally and economically. After all, you're going
to live there for the next four to eight years! Is the
institution in a region of the country that you like?
Is it sufficiently close to (or far from!) family? Will
it be acceptable to your significant other? What is
the cost-of-living and availability of affordable housing?
These
are all questions to consider when searching for graduate
programs. There are several websites that provide city
profiles that you may find useful. Two particularly
good websites are sponsored by monster.com
and Money
magazine. The following table compares the cost-of-living*
for the home cities of the top-ranked
schools. Institutions are listed in order of cost-of-living
(from lowest to highest) compared to the national average,
which is set at 100. |
