More importantly to me is that at the BS/BA level you're taught by freshly minted PhDs or graduate assistants for the most part, especially at the big name schools - for the money you never get the one-on-one contact with senior faculty that they imply in the catalogs. Hell, some of them brag these days you never have to leave your room - just log in to lectures and exams.

To me, if you're going to drop big bucks, do it for post-grad school.