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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
Hyperbole much? $200K in debt? Sure, there are examples, but this should absolutely not be the norm, and it's easily avoided.
College isn't the right path for some, but the one-to-one relationship between degree and job that you seem to suggest above is pretty narrow thinking.
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200K seems high, but man, 100K is
easy these days. Even simple state schools like Mizzou have an average cost of attendance in excess of $25K/yr now. It was around 12-13K/year when I was looking at schools. The cost of a 4-year degree essentially
doubling over the last 10-15 years surely changes the calculus pretty substantially.
I just think the 'pay whatever it costs' mentality has become so prevalent that it's led to schools essentially charging whatever they want knowing that the government will subsidize the tab and stick students with the bill. For many, paying whatever it costs is just a bad financial decision and that number is growing annually, IMO.