Take it from a criminal justice major who ended up going into student loan debt because I felt like I just downright “needed” to get it from a university. NOTE, I’m not saying don’t go to college, I’m saying unless you are majoring in one of the fields I named, you’d be better off enrolling at a JUCO or Community College. Now if you have a scholarship then that’s a different story. I was originally in a community college but ended up transferring because that school only offered associate degrees (my other excuse for leaving lol). College as a whole is way too fucking expensive to begin with but I feel as though it would be more worth it if you were in the majors I mentioned. I do realize that there are many graduates who have majored in other fields and feel content and that’s great.
I withdrew from college and was able to enter the workforce directly, but a few years later I’ve decided to go back and knock out the rest of my 4 year degree.
I’ll probably end up with ~20k+ in debt by the time I’m out, but I’ll be re-entering the workforce with a degree AND nearly a decade of relevant career experience, which I’m hoping will help considerably.
Worst case scenario I figure it will make it easier for me to move somewhere abroad, should the US continue to decline the way it has been.