[cantdrv55]

DeVry is great if you have no other choice. Maybe no JC or CSU close by? Can't pass the assessment/placement tests? Can't wait to get in the job market? Or, classes so impacted at state schools and can't quit your day/night job to go to school.

Makes perfect sense to go to CA public colleges. Cheap, good education. Or, if your son really wants to acquire great technical skills, do it like I did. I joined the USAF at 17, went to a JC for free but didn't finish. Worked on avionics, radar, comm systems and airplanes - excellent education and experience. Left the military after 4 years and snagged a great paying tech job for a defense contractor at 22. Everyone in the shop was ex-military, no DeVry or ITT or Heald or what have you. Then, finished JC and university on my employer's dime. Got paid to work AND go to school!