One of the best decisions, in hindsight, was going to a smaller state school in PA rather a larger private or non state funded school.

It was probably 30% the price of Penn State and the fact that no one has heard of the school outside of the state hasn't affected me since graduation.

I can't imagine a private school that charges upwards of 50k per semester all in. However, that was the norm around the area I grew up in.