USC pushed a $115k online degree – graduates got low salaries, huge debts
Ehh eh.<p>I went to a CSU for like 6k a year.<p>If you want to be elitist and attend the most expensive school possible, you have to eventually pay for it.<p>&gt;
Ms. Fowler, a 2018 graduate, enjoyed the program but owes $307,000 in total student-loan debt, including about $200,000 from the master’s degree. She said she earns $48,000 as a community mental-health therapist in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.<p>This translates into paying 300k to feel prestigious. At dinner parties she gets to tell everyone about how she&#x27;s a USC grad.<p>Adults have a right to make poor choices.<p>That said, having a hard cap of 100k unless enrolling in a high paid field ( Dr , Lawyer, anything that requires a state sanctioned license) would be a good idea.<p>The problem with Student Loan forgiveness is it would typically help the highest paid Americans. Most people with 100k plus in loans also make very good money.<p>Why in God&#x27;s name would you go 300k in debt to make 50k ?<p>I see the same problem with boot camps, instead of accepting that building a six-figure career just takes a while, people want a shortcut. I got to six-figure figures without even having a BA, but it took a long time in a lot of very hard work.<p>Actually it only took me about 3 years from dropping out of college to my first six-figure job, but I was programming at least 40 hours a week back then. This was after work of course. Even now I&#x27;m off and happiest when I&#x27;m building my side projects.