Answered by King's Kid
Probably a good choice if you want a small private Catholic school. It's not a highly selective school, which would mean that the education wouldn't be as top notch as at a more selective school. It's also a third tier school. Your daughter can get a degree from Caldwell and be successful, however the fact is that a degree from a small private school isn't going to carry the weight of a degree from a larger, more highly ranked school. As long as she understands that, it's fine. One question I learned to ask when my children were looking at colleges was where their graduates were placed. My daughter, a city girl all of her life, asked about the placement of graduates at one specific school. She was told the school has a good record for helping their graduates find jobs. We were shown the documention. However, those graduates were mostly working in small town around the area. My daughter really wanted the degree that college offered, but said she wouldn't survive in one of the small farming communities that would offer her a job. She choose to go to a major university and work at her goal from another angle, which will help her be hired where she wants to be hired. It depends on what your daughter wants after graduation. I wish her the best with this decision. It's a difficult call, and nobody can make it for them. Best of luck!