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byDesScorp ( 410532 ) writes:
It's copied from The Atlantic, and right away, the opinion author's assertions run into trouble.
"For the overwhelming majority of graduates, the returns on going to college more than offset the cost of tuition. ". That's news to all the grads drowning in debt they'll never pay off.
"After factoring in financial aid, the cost of attending a public four-year college has fallen by more than 20 percent since 2015, even before adjusting for inflation." What? Seriously?
Many more things like that. And she never eve
bytimeOday ( 582209 ) writes:
The overall average debt for bachelor's grads is $30K. It's not nothing. It's a car. But it's not enough to justify becoming an electrician instead of an electrical engineer.
bywyHunter ( 4241347 ) writes:
And, ironically, back in the mid 1980s had I done the 4 year college route at a state school rather than 2 years at a junior college and the rest part time at night at a state university, I'd have had about 15K in debt. Less than today's 30K. Of course, I didn't even want that much so I did junior college and got a job as a grunt programmer at a company with tuition reimbursement and went to school at night to finish the bachelors and MSCS. You pay one way or the other. At the time, decent jobs did req
byDragonslicer ( 991472 ) writes:
And, ironically, back in the mid 1980s... I'd have had about 15K in debt. Less than today's 30K.
Not really. Some random website with an inflation calculator says $15k in 1985 would be about $45k in 2025, significantly more than today's $30k.
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bywyHunter ( 4241347 ) writes:
Yeah so much of it depends on where you go. Since my goal was a good math and comp sci education I chose a state university with an awesome program - that had the advantage of not, even then, being 30K per year.
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