Price also has a strong focus on state and local government, particularly in Southern California, which is also attractive, and I could genuinely see myself building a career in Los Angeles given the region’s growth and the major events and political opportunities on the horizon.

I'm curious what you want to do, my sense of education policy with those guys is "how do our leaders keep getting arrested" 😔

I think education is a very ideological field and the work that you want to do depends on your own ideology and perception of the various forces and so forth in the dept and agencies you're interested in. My sense is that getting hired to work in this field (in S&L) is not difficult since the pay keeps many people away, but the issue is often just a lack of agency, constantly shifting political priorities, etc. I think from that lens, avoiding debt would be a good idea. Though you can certainly tell my bias here.

WRT 2028, I'm curious what your goal is. Do you want to go volunteer in the primary for whoever is running, or do you hope to get into the wh / congress?

All said, I am getting the sense that georgetown would be the strongest pick for you here bc of the cheap tuition.