Compass is a great place to come to, Envoy is also far better these days than it has been. Just depends where you want to live, I'd agree if you plan to live in DFW unless you really wanna commute to LAX or PHX that you go to Envoy. But Redondo Beach isn't a bad place to live... or somewhere around PHX there are a lot of cheap nice places. Seattle... well nothing is cheap but it's a great area.
I don't think you can screw up either way, frankly.