> I don't think anybody denies that, but getting into and paying for a university is very much a financial and social class issue.
I mean... Not really? I got a BS in Computer Science from a cheap, small university (plus a bunch of it at my local junior college, for even cheaper!), and the quality of the education was better than I've seen out of "excellent" schools. It was really cheap, too! Easily paid off after a few years at software engineer salaries.
Hell, with entry-level salaries at places like Google or Meta, you could probably pay the whole thing off in a year.
I think people focus far too heavily on "Ivy League" schools and the costs associated with them, and forget that things like junior colleges and small universities still exist, and are still relatively affordable.
With a "commodity" degree like CompSci, cost isn't really a problem.
Besides, no one gives a shit where you went to school after your first job in the field. That first job might be marginally harder to get, and you might have to settle for slightly lower pay, but you're going to be far from struggling with the debt unless you really overpaid for that degree
I mean... Not really? I got a BS in Computer Science from a cheap, small university (plus a bunch of it at my local junior college, for even cheaper!), and the quality of the education was better than I've seen out of "excellent" schools. It was really cheap, too! Easily paid off after a few years at software engineer salaries.
Hell, with entry-level salaries at places like Google or Meta, you could probably pay the whole thing off in a year.
I think people focus far too heavily on "Ivy League" schools and the costs associated with them, and forget that things like junior colleges and small universities still exist, and are still relatively affordable.
With a "commodity" degree like CompSci, cost isn't really a problem.
Besides, no one gives a shit where you went to school after your first job in the field. That first job might be marginally harder to get, and you might have to settle for slightly lower pay, but you're going to be far from struggling with the debt unless you really overpaid for that degree