The high cost of higher education: Is it worth it?
http://www.thetakeaway.org/This year 3.2 million students are expected to graduate from high school and of those, roughly 70 percent will go on to get a college education. But with two-thirds of college graduates carrying debt—and the average student loan debt topping $20,000 dollars—is a college degree worth it? What does it get you in today’s global economy?
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6 comments
inveighn on December 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm
$220,000 in debt? He is screwed unless he graduated with an M.D.!
waverly2468 on December 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Unbelievable. These people got scammed big-time. Even Bernie Madoff would blush at these suckers.
TheGuyOnDownStreet on December 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm
But DAMNN!!! did that guy have 210k dollars in debt?? haha wow, he’s dead meat. If he was going to be a doctor then that would’ve been ok but a teacher? lol man your a done financialy for life lol.
GreatCaruso26 on December 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm
My parents are rich but fucking cheap, so I gots about 25K debt, but with A MASTERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. So I’m actually educated and can make that back in about five seconds.
TheGuyOnDownStreet on December 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Lol CS, yea guys are nerds. Mechanical engineering FTW!
FaithfulAndTrue1 on December 14, 2009 at 11:56 pm
It’s been over 5 seconds now…. you debt free yet?