Do I need to go back to college for a Computer Science degree?
I'm new here to Stack OVerflow but I've been snooping for sometime. Anyway, I'm in a questionable dilemma and I need the best advice I can get from the most knowledgeable people in the field.

A little about me - I attended college straight after high school and never really had any direction and ended up majoring in something generic that I was not passionate about but I did get scholarships for which sadly led me to choose the wrong major but did leave me out of a great deal of debt. I then proceeded to get high marks and continued getting scholarships but had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. However, I always loved computers and have always wanted to be a programmer but was never exposed to it. This year, I finally got the guts to take a programming class, learned Java, fell in love with programming, and want to pursue it as a career.

My problem and main question though is - do I need a Computer Science degree? Is it to my benefit to have a CS degree in order to get programming jobs? I could graduate with this degree I don't care about at the end of the year but am questioning whether I should considering if I do, I may never qualify for loans for another Bachelors if I need the loans.

So, should I continue with an education to get a CS degree or is a non-related degree okay to get my foot in the door to prove that I did the whole college-thing?
Do I need to go back to college for a Computer Science degree?
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I'm new here to Stack OVerflow but I've been snooping for sometime. Anyway, I'm in a questionable dilemma and I need the best advice I can get from the most knowledgeable people in the field.

A little about me - I attended college straight after high school and never really had any direction and ended up majoring in something generic that I was not passionate about but I did get scholarships for which sadly led me to choose the wrong major but did leave me out of a great deal of debt. I then proceeded to get high marks and continued getting scholarships but had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. However, I always loved computers and have always wanted to be a programmer but was never exposed to it. This year, I finally got the guts to take a programming class, learned Java, fell in love with programming, and want to pursue it as a career.

My problem and main question though is - do I need a Computer Science degree? Is it to my benefit to have a CS degree in order to get programming jobs? I could graduate with this degree I don't care about at the end of the year but am questioning whether I should considering if I do, I may never qualify for loans for another Bachelors if I need the loans.

So, should I continue with an education to get a CS degree or is a non-related degree okay to get my foot in the door to prove that I did the whole college-thing?