CU Football Scholarship - Most Valuable in Big 12?

[Buffnik]

According to Payscale.com, the universities in the Big 12 rate as follows based on the Mid-Career Median Salary of graduates:

1. Texas A&M - $95,000
2. Colorado - $94,300
3. Texas - $91,300
4. Baylor - $90,800
5. Iowa State - $85,300
6. Texas Tech - $82,100
7. Missouri - $82,000
8. Oklahoma - $81,300
9. Nebraska - $80,900
10. Kansas - $80,800
11. Kansas State - $79,300
12. Oklahoma State - $79,000

In addition, CU ranked in a 4-way tie at 15th in 2008 among all BCS football programs for NCAA Graduation Success Rate with a success rate of 75%. Texas A&M grads may earn slightly more money, but only 56% of their football players actually graduate.

Here's the Big 12 ranking for NCAA Graduation Success Rate:

1. Texas Tech - 79%
2. Baylor - 78%
3. Nebraska - 78%
4. Colorado - 75%
5. Kansas State - 67%
6. Oklahoma State - 62%
7. Missouri - 59%
8. Texas A&M - 56%
9. Iowa State - 55%
10. Kansas - 52%
11. Texas - 50%
12. Oklahoma - 46%

If you were a parent, which Big 12 football program would you want your son attending when you consider the likelihood of leaving with a degree and the value of that degree?

Go CU!

 

[buffwings]

My kids are going to CU.

 

[aik]

Especially considering CU recruits majority out-of-state, where tuition and fees for the nonresident are in the neighborhood of $30k a year.