Opinion: Are all OT schools pretty similar? Cheap or expensive?

I got this e-mail below from an enthusiastic and passionate new blog (otstudents.blogspot.com) reader (now Jane Doe to you all). 

I personally think that most OT programs - cheap or not, private or public - offer MORE OR LESS similar experiences...although if I had the money I probably would have tried out Pacific University in Oregon...and I must say I am jealous of UAB with Ms. Prez Penelope and all! I choose the cheap in-state tuition route and while my program had its pros and cons...I did end up with my OTR/L and had some great experiences, so I guess it all came out in the wash.  I've spoken to other students at conclave, conference, and through social networking online and off, and it seems to me that each program had its advantages & disadvantages. I'd be very interested to hear from other current or former students as to whether or not they think she should go ahead with the cheap in-state school versus trying to go to some truly stellar-yet-expensive- OT school.  I bolded her most agonizing question. :) Thanks all for any feedback!! I'll make sure she gets it. 

My name is Jane Doe and I am a pre-OT student at Jane College.  I recently switched my course of study to OT when I learned about the profession last year, and I have been hooked ever since.  I have spent the last year researching every OT related website I could find, and a few weeks ago I discovered your blog.  I am very interested in the creative aspect of Occupational Therapy and I love that it is so multi-dimensional!  I actually found your blog because I was doing a google search on Occupational Therapy and therapeutic cooking and stumbled upon the post where you wrote about cooking with simulated disabilities.  After I read that I was desperate to find out which MOT program you were in so I actually created a blog account to have access to all of your posts.  What started out as a search, turned into a complete obsession.  I am currently reading all of your blogs from start to finish and I am about a third of the way through them.  I think you provide the greatest insight and advice to incoming OT students.  You are more informative than any website I have found so far and I look forward to reading the rest of you blogs.  The reason I am writing to you is not only to praise your OT-greatness and thank you for the awesome information you have provided, but also to seek your advice about OT schools.  I am entering my last year of undergrad, so I have been researching schools like crazy.  The easiest choice for me is Jane Health College because of the cheap in-state tuition, but I am in a long standing battle with myself over cheap tuition versus a possibly better (and more fun) education.  So far I have loved reading about all of the fun and creative labs and group work your school offers.  It seems to me that your school does a lot of hands on learning in addition to the book work that is necessary.  I think your program truly defines the Occupational approach to therapy.  So my question to you is, do you think most school’s take that creative, occupation-based approach or is this something that is unique to your program?  I plan on touring the two Jane area schools, and I am going to try to meet more people that have gone through the program, but so far most of the graduates I have met do not seem to hold the same passion for the creative part of OT that I love so much.  I have read many different websites for schools but have never found anything as informative as your blog.  Any information you could provide me about OT programs would be greatly appreciated.  I look forward to hearing from you!