Poll: Is higher education worth it?

[Ryotknife]

In the US, it depends on the degree and how smart you are. In a highly competitive or non-popular field and you are only in the middle of the class in grades? probably just wasted 50,000+.

some fields are just bursting at the seams, desperate for more help. Off the top of my head nurses/medicine and electrical engineering.

Just dont go into chemical engineering, that field dried up almost overnight when the economy tanked in the US (right around the time i graduated....), now i work as an electrical engineer despite not having a degree in EE.

 

[Evil Smurf]

in Australia it is worth it. You don't have to pay it back till you can afford it, ie get a job with that piece of paper

 

[Merkavar]

depends on what higher education you get. the cost. how well you do. country your in.

i never under stood why people get degrees in french poetry then try to get a job that has nothing to do with france or peotry. seems silly.

but here in australia you can get hecs so you dont have to pay back any money till you start earning like 30000 or more. plus no interest other than inflation. so dont really have much to lose

However the bachelor's degree means very little nowadays, I knew plenty of people with bachelor's degrees (myself included) who couldn't find anything to do with their major and had to fall back on a regular job that pretty much anyone out of highschool could do.

what did you and your friends major in?

 

[Bertylicious]

University is brilliant because that is where the MDMA lives.

Seriously though, you can meet wonderful people and learn amazing things. Plus writing a bullshit dissetation will help you in the workplace.

 

[uhddh]

Well in the UK the student loan system means the risk is minimal. If you cannot pay it back by a certain date it is wiped and if you don't earn enough you don't need to pay payments on it.

I need to go to the UK. It's hideous in the land of Australia where those who run universities clearly take after the first Australians. (Convicts for those who don't study much history)

 

[Dusty Donuts]

Well in the UK the student loan system means the risk is minimal. If you cannot pay it back by a certain date it is wiped and if you don't earn enough you don't need to pay payments on it.

I need to go to the UK. It's hideous in the land of Australia where those who run universities clearly take after the first Australians. (Convicts for those who don't study much history)

Welcome to HECS. Please leave your ability to earn money at the check-in desk.

The Whitlam Labor Government abolished university fees on 1 January 1974.

(Thanks from good old wikipedia and the fact that my old maths teacher told me he did his masters for free)
Clearly them chaps did something right back when it was all sepia tone and ads were made for real men [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_nxstWJkks]
After all, they created ME.

 

[Judgment90]

I go to a state college (living in-state so tuition is cheap) and am trying to get a degree in IT.

IMO, it is worth it, depending on what degrees that are in good demand.

 

[Ascarus]

In this day in age with tuition cost on the rise would you consider the cost of obtaining a degree worth it.

absolutely ... beyond any doubt. unemployment rates drop and pay rates rise across the board as you go from high school diploma (or GED) to Associate's (2yr) to Bacherlor's (4yr) to Master's and PhD.

source: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.htm

 

[Spade Lead]

In this day in age with tuition cost on the rise would you consider the cost of obtaining a degree worth it.

Have you tried to support a family on Minimum wage? You can't even afford to drive a car, much less fix it.

 

[Triangulon]

I work in ecology and I wouldn't have my job without my degree.

 

[StBishop]

Can I be a doctor without Higher Education? No? Then, yes; higher education is worth it.