Sprint 6 said: (quoted from post at 22:30:03 12/02/13) If you figure in all the extras, room, food, car, gas, beer money, I would expect the tab would approach $200K. Then figure in they get a teaching degree, ever see what those jobs pay? Not enough to justify the expense or time involved. My brother had almost $100K in his degree 10 years ago just for the credit hours, nothing else figured in. He does not even work a job using his degree, not that he has not tried. There is not much out there for a college degree. I think a lot of these kids will be sorely disappointed when the high pay do nothing job like on TV is not there.
You are figuring in "all the extras" to come up with 200k, if you didn't attend college for these four years wouldn't you still be spending money on room, food, car, gas, and beer money? I don't think you can count these realistically since these are just cost of living items whether you attend college or not.
Yes college is expensive and yes I've seen people spend way too much money getting a degree in a field that doesn't pay much but many people make far more with a degree than they would have without one. A degree just increases your odds at a successful career.
Many employers require a degree, even one not related to their field work because it shows you are willing to put forth the work to attain a degree.
This post was edited by Busflyer at 13:50:10 12/02/13.
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