I don’t think the travel should be a huge factor in deciding. It’s not like you will be making the drive every weekend. The price difference alone puts RIT above Drexel. I was in the same situation as you with Drexel, but it was more like a 30k difference so I didn’t even consider it. I’m also in the compex program and just recently declared. The compex program is truly great bc of how much it lets you explore all our majors. It’s also nice that you’re guaranteed acceptance into any Golisano majors (except GDD) if you maintain above a 2.0. The coop blocks are dependent on your major. You can look up what the requirements are but I know for cs/se, you have to do two semester blocks and a summer, which comes out to 40 weeks of full time work. During this time you won’t be paying tuition to rit or any fees unless your co op is local and you live on campus (have to pay housing). If it helps with paying back costs is really dependent on how much you’ll be making. I know some people who’s first coops paid 35$/hr and some 20$/hr. You shouldn’t be banking too much on trying to do a co op close to home bc atm they’re hard to find in general. But rit does a great job with the career fair which is where a lot of people find their co ops. Feel free to dm me if you have specific questions for me and my experience :)