WSJ expose on NYU - highest debt load over the last decade, female students are selling their eggs

[Anonymous]

When I attended NYU in 2000-2004, one of the main advertisers in the student newspaper were fertility clinics soliciting females students to selling their eggs. Some things never change.

NYU parents and graduate students collectively borrowed $3.4 billion in federal Plus loans over the past decade, more than at any other university in the U.S., public or private, a Wall Street Journal analysis of federal Education Department data found.

Among the Journal’s findings:

-NYU skimped on scholarships for needy undergraduates. During the past school year, NYU covered about 62% of undergraduates’ financial need, on average. That was the lowest percentage of any private school with at least a $1 billion endowment that publishes the figures.

-As a result, parents of NYU undergraduates often relied on Plus loans to cover costs. Parents of 2018 and 2019 NYU bachelor’s degree recipients who took out Parent Plus loans borrowed a median $74,000, according to the most recent data. That’s more than at 99% of four-year colleges in the U.S. for which federal data are available.

-For NYU’s graduate students, the university’s advanced degrees often don’t pay off. In 40 out of 49 programs, NYU graduate students who took out federal loans borrowed more than they earned two years out of school. By that measure, NYU had more graduate programs with high debt loads than any other U.S. university with published data. The debt and earnings figures are medians for 2015 and 2016 graduates, the most recent data from the Education Department.

-Many NYU programs were the worst by that calculation. In 15 graduate programs—including music, international relations and education—NYU ranked highest among U.S. universities with published data in terms of debt loads compared with early-career earnings.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/nyu-college-graduate-parent-student-loans-11639618241

[Anonymous]

Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

[Anonymous]

NYU is the most dangerously overrated school in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYU is the most dangerously overrated school in the country.

OP here: I agree and I went there. The school purposely targets students who are the first in their families to attend college, then the university pushes Parent PLUS loans. The working class parents and kids are not savvy to the game.

I think the term "dangerously overrated" is so accurate.

[Anonymous]

NYU is a business masquerading as an educational institution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

So, is it that you think teachers and social workers and other similar professionals in female dominated fields should be better paid? Or you’re fine with a community that has no teachers — because the potential teachers have chosen to pursue more lucrative jobs?

PP, my tax money has apparently paid to house Secret Service agents at Trump-owned properties, and military endeavors that I don’t support. Is there any way that I can get a refund?

Just kidding. My particular tax dollars were spent on Lady Bird Johnson’s tulips. 🌷

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

So, is it that you think teachers and social workers and other similar professionals in female dominated fields should be better paid? Or you’re fine with a community that has no teachers — because the potential teachers have chosen to pursue more lucrative jobs?

PP, my tax money has apparently paid to house Secret Service agents at Trump-owned properties, and military endeavors that I don’t support. Is there any way that I can get a refund?

Just kidding. My particular tax dollars were spent on Lady Bird Johnson’s tulips. 🌷

Didn't Melania have those dug up and thrown out in her redesign of the gardens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

So, is it that you think teachers and social workers and other similar professionals in female dominated fields should be better paid? Or you’re fine with a community that has no teachers — because the potential teachers have chosen to pursue more lucrative jobs?

PP, my tax money has apparently paid to house Secret Service agents at Trump-owned properties, and military endeavors that I don’t support. Is there any way that I can get a refund?

Just kidding. My particular tax dollars were spent on Lady Bird Johnson’s tulips. 🌷

uh, what are you talking about? you don't have to go to an expensive school to become a teacher. no one's saying people shouldn't go into teaching, but if you're going to enter a low paid field, common sense says you go to a less expensive school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

So, is it that you think teachers and social workers and other similar professionals in female dominated fields should be better paid? Or you’re fine with a community that has no teachers — because the potential teachers have chosen to pursue more lucrative jobs?

PP, my tax money has apparently paid to house Secret Service agents at Trump-owned properties, and military endeavors that I don’t support. Is there any way that I can get a refund?

Just kidding. My particular tax dollars were spent on Lady Bird Johnson’s tulips. 🌷

Those professions don’t need top notch schools to get jobs or to be good at your job. Go to a school where you can graduate with no debt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

So, is it that you think teachers and social workers and other similar professionals in female dominated fields should be better paid? Or you’re fine with a community that has no teachers — because the potential teachers have chosen to pursue more lucrative jobs?

PP, my tax money has apparently paid to house Secret Service agents at Trump-owned properties, and military endeavors that I don’t support. Is there any way that I can get a refund?

Just kidding. My particular tax dollars were spent on Lady Bird Johnson’s tulips. 🌷

Those professions don’t need top notch schools to get jobs or to be good at your job. Go to a school where you can graduate with no debt.

Or a school where you can graduate with limited debt. It was inevitable that my teacher dd graduated with debt, just not realistic even with CC + state school not to, but that's her goal was to LIMIT debt. she did two years of community college (paid for without loans) living at home and then 2 years at a state school. She graduated with $30k in debt and it's NBD at all. Slightly annoying, but very doable. I think the general rule of thumb is no more debt than you can realistically expect to make your first year out of school. So for a teacher, about $50k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

The word you’re looking for is “entitlement”.

I’m not paying for people who went to college when they shouldn’t have, or who went to college and “studied” liberal arts.

Pay for your own mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Master’s in public health at NYU with your own money LOL
It's mainly her fault. What the F was she thinking?

NYU is a little more expensive than others but it's not just NYU's problem.

It's shocking that people don't do thorough research and analysis deciding a major/school when investing $$$$$.
They would probably research more when buying a $100 pair of sneakers LOL

Oh yea I'm attending a prestigious school, by the way I'm majoring in communications, or drama,or psychology
After graduation, you make $30,000/yr with $150K debt in hand and whining and want Mr. Biden to pay off his/her debt.

This is a huge problem in the US.
Just don't use my tax money to pay for their dumbass debt.

So, is it that you think teachers and social workers and other similar professionals in female dominated fields should be better paid? Or you’re fine with a community that has no teachers — because the potential teachers have chosen to pursue more lucrative jobs?

PP, my tax money has apparently paid to house Secret Service agents at Trump-owned properties, and military endeavors that I don’t support. Is there any way that I can get a refund?

Just kidding. My particular tax dollars were spent on Lady Bird Johnson’s tulips. 🌷

Actually, native plants, not tulips. She was a huge supporter of native plants and understood the environmental benefits of native plant landscapes 35 years before it became mainstream. She was a leader in environmental sustainability and her $ created North America's largest native plant database. She fought for planting along the highways and she was an advocate for the Head Start program.

[Anonymous]

Go Lady Bird!

Also every state should have a debt relief program for teachers who teach at Title I schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go Lady Bird!

Also every state should have a debt relief program for teachers who teach at Title I schools.

What about the teachers didn't spend and paid their own debt.

[Anonymous]

So don’t attend if you can’t afford it or don’t get a scholarship. NYU is not the most expensive college in the world.