Well, ideally I'd say the rank shouldn't matter if you know what you're doing, whats your plan, and whether you clearly can see/picture it. I'd say all you need is the education, so that you can finish it, take the board exam and do what you always had in mind to do. There's no such thing that "oh you cant find a job". Kill me, Id still say impossible. But well what do I know
I can only evaluate things from my perspective. ...I'm not too vocal about which school is average which school is great (its like discussing whats right - wearing a burberry or gap). Unless its some fake useless unethical and an unprofessional school the yea, I should think over that. But comparing WesternU and naming it average... eh, I don't buy it
Can it provide with what I'm looking for? Yes. Enough then. The rest of the responsibilities (for future) I take on myself. One cant just blame the school for not putting enough effort to find the wanted job. This is what I sincerely think. So, comparing here the 240K or 285K .. mm not a good argument. And in general, I think it is only fair comparison when the state school and the private school is compared (because the tuition difference is big). In all other cases - useless.
So I agree with your statement that it's not worth it ( I know what you mean). But if its not worth it then none of the schools do lol. Unless like I said its a state school and offers the program for 10K a year..
Anyway. I hope we all get what we are looking for so that we can focus on more important things.. The real work after that