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MichMan

(17,171 posts)
14. If only there was some tool to research the employment landscape and median salaries for various college majors
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 11:11 AM
15 hrs ago

in order to determine if borrowing large sums of money for a given degree makes sense.

Oh wait, there is. I think it's called the internet.

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Kick dalton99a Saturday #1
Has money to move to and live in Prague, but a $2/day student loan payment is "psychologically burdensome?" PeaceWave Saturday #2
Yeah, I don't think she did the math, and therefore Ilsa Yesterday #4
You know how most people react to avoid debt becoming "psychologically burdensome" MichMan 14 hrs ago #15
Zuniga attended Princeton for 4 years and never had to pay anything for tuition, or rent, food & other living expenses MichMan Yesterday #3
Moreover, the foreign earned income exclusion often allows federal student loan borrowers who live abroad and earn less Celerity Yesterday #5
So, she went to collage for $ 65000 and could not find a job. There is something wrong with that. Srkdqltr Yesterday #6
It says she couldn't find a job in that specific field JI7 Yesterday #9
Yes, college charges thousands of dollars for classes for jobs that don't exist or are very scarce. Srkdqltr 17 hrs ago #11
Indeed Greg_In_SF 15 hrs ago #13
If only there was some tool to research the employment landscape and median salaries for various college majors MichMan 15 hrs ago #14
If people have interest in it I guess it's fine. But if people are paying to get a specific job JI7 13 hrs ago #17
Trump and his Republicans sued and then dismantled Biden's SAVE repayment plan. W_HAMILTON Yesterday #7
Hmm, area51 Yesterday #8
She is not eligible Greg_In_SF 15 hrs ago #12
How common are these stories ? This just seems like it would people to be less supportive JI7 Yesterday #10
No one bothered to tell her that her Degree would be financially useless in her future? WarGamer 14 hrs ago #16
Someone with enough intelligence to get a master's degree should be smart enough to research it themselves MichMan 13 hrs ago #18
It wouldn't surprise me if the counselor did the opposite and said she could find... Xolodno 8 hrs ago #20
NYT propaganda working as designed, I see WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #19
yes Skittles 8 hrs ago #21
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