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<blockquote data-quote="Atimm693" data-source="post: 1671064" data-attributes="member: 26138"><p>College 20-30 years ago was a sound investment. You were pretty much guaranteed a higher income, even if your degree was not relevant to your career, and you could easily put yourself through school with minimal debt.</p><p></p><p>Now that tuition is so high, I'm not so sure. The added income is pretty much null if you are paying off a mortgage sized student loan for 15-30 years.</p><p></p><p>Further, many jobs that require a degree don't even pay that well, and a high percentage of college educated workers has created a barrier of entry. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation.</p><p></p><p>I have a degree in Automotive, and 1/3rd of a BS in Mechanical Engineering. I would like to go back, but $500 per credit hour is just out of the question right now. Not when a lot of engineering positions start at $50k, where you can find them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atimm693, post: 1671064, member: 26138"] College 20-30 years ago was a sound investment. You were pretty much guaranteed a higher income, even if your degree was not relevant to your career, and you could easily put yourself through school with minimal debt. Now that tuition is so high, I'm not so sure. The added income is pretty much null if you are paying off a mortgage sized student loan for 15-30 years. Further, many jobs that require a degree don't even pay that well, and a high percentage of college educated workers has created a barrier of entry. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. I have a degree in Automotive, and 1/3rd of a BS in Mechanical Engineering. I would like to go back, but $500 per credit hour is just out of the question right now. Not when a lot of engineering positions start at $50k, where you can find them. [/QUOTE]
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