Do you have a college degree?
Which is a smarter. route, Having 200k in college debt and a PhD in Literature or A trade school Graduate with no school debt and earning 175k per year as an electrician?
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Anthony450 · 31-35, M
Getting a PhD in literature would be for someone who wants to be a literature professor. That isn't representative of what most people who go to college would do.
The problem is that a four-year degree is required for many jobs, but realistically those jobs could be done without one. College used to be about education for education's sake. Now it's a "job factory", but it doesn't really even do that. It just saddles people with debt and unrealistic expectations. I for one think college should go back to be about learning, not about how much money you expect to make afterward. Of course then it wouldn't cost as much because there wouldn't be as much demand...
My job is marginally related to what I studied, but not entirely. I have no student debt and I'm happy with my line of work. I wouldn't do anything differently. I still remember much of what I learned, which I chose to study because it was what I was passionate about.
The problem is that a four-year degree is required for many jobs, but realistically those jobs could be done without one. College used to be about education for education's sake. Now it's a "job factory", but it doesn't really even do that. It just saddles people with debt and unrealistic expectations. I for one think college should go back to be about learning, not about how much money you expect to make afterward. Of course then it wouldn't cost as much because there wouldn't be as much demand...
My job is marginally related to what I studied, but not entirely. I have no student debt and I'm happy with my line of work. I wouldn't do anything differently. I still remember much of what I learned, which I chose to study because it was what I was passionate about.