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It Is Worth Going Back To College In Your 30s?
Is college worth it at all? Examining the time and opportunity cost vs. benefits of a diploma.
Nowadays, college is under fire. Enrollment overall is down. Fewer men are signing up, and instead choosing the trade route or just going to work. The value of a 4-year-degree is being challenged. The “uselessness” of liberal arts degrees (i.e. Himalayan Basket Weaving or Gender Studies) has become a meme.
But it doesn’t end there. Even business degrees, MBAs and Master’s degrees are getting excoriated anymore. We’ve reached our quota for finance bros.
You’ve got the extreme left wing culture that has permeated the college campus scene. 1960s UC Berkley looks like a GOP convention compared to today. Combined with the uber-feminized atmosphere, college is a weird place anymore. Many will charge that it’s no longer a place of free thought or learning, but an indoctrination camp. Yes, there is a strange preoccupation college has with turning students into activists. But to be fair, I think some of the right wing hysterics are overblown.
Above all, college is ridiculously costly anymore, and often it ends up just leaving graduates in serious debt with minimal employment prospects. Many end up working in jobs that have nothing to do with…
