Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Linguistics (This Major's Salary over time)
The undergrads are insane/ghetto, and while you may land a full tuition waiver, you will still have fees, which are massive. In fact, I spent is much in fees a year as I did on my undergrad tuition a year.

However, this program is great for someone coming in with no knowledge. For those coming in with knowledge, it can be frustrating/boring at times, but you are encouraged to do your own thing too. If you play your cards right, you can be done in three semesters. If you want to challenge yourself, stay for the 4 and take some of the higher level electives. In the end, it was my higher level electives that got me and one of my classmates hired in America right out of the program.

The campus itself is poorly run. The entirety of the upper administrative staff should be fired and new people should be brought in, from the Chancellor down to the Deans. I went to 4 colleges in my academic career, and this one is run so poorly that I can't imagine it surviving a further economic crisis. That's something to consider.