Job market and college costs
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Anonymous
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Given the job market is not only terrible but also uncertain, is it still prudent to spend 200k or more on an undergrad degree? Just having second thoughts..
Amazon laying off employees, UPS, Target, Salesforce.. all corporate jobs. |
Anonymous
| Yes. If you have the money. If you don't find a cheaper school or go to the one giving you more money even if a lesser school |
Anonymous
| It’s good that people are finally starting to question the cost of college. Both private schools and out-of-state publics are such a rip-off and disconnect from building career (aka, no career in AI generation) |
Anonymous
| Very few people spend $200,000 on college. Only the rich and the faux rich do. |
Anonymous
Smart to apply to colleges with best ROI. https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-50-best-value-colleges-private-schools https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=top-50-best-value-colleges-public-schools |
Anonymous
| I just posted this same question!! |
Anonymous
These lists are laughable. Truly |
Anonymous
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There is a reason state flagships are getting increasingly slight after.
Imo, hard to justify private university tuition except in special cases. It’s good to ask questions; we have this student debt mess in part because not enough questions were asked. |
Anonymous
UVA in-state 4 years is about that price. |
Anonymous
No you want to look at this instead https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ |
Anonymous
Their criteria are wholly unscientific and seemed designed to boost the idea of paying 500k for a college degree at an ‘elite school’ This seems like it was written by a junior marketing intern. ‘Out of the more than 650 schools we considered on this project, the 209 we chose as our 2025 Best Value Colleges are, in our opinion truly the most exceptional in the nation at delivering great academics, affordable cost, and great career foundations. We strongly recommend and salute the colleges we present here for all that they do to help their students with need afford to attend them while delivering an amazing college experience that's worth every penny.’ |
Anonymous
Even those numbers are misleading as they take average cost of attendance and not median. Most of us posting from the NE will pay sticker price or close to it. |
Anonymous
Where is their support for this? |
Anonymous
Sorry your school didn't make the list. It's ok though. |
Anonymous
Faux rich? At this rate, $200k will be the cost for many instate VA undergrad degrees. |