Is a college education worth the cost of tuition?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
  • WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller talks to Jon Marcus, higher education editor for the non-profit website The Hechinger Report.

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  • @JM-ic9yx
    @JM-ic9yx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    There has to be a way to mute this man dying off screen

  • @AX33MJJ
    @AX33MJJ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Someone give poor guy some water😂

  • @dextermcgrubbin
    @dextermcgrubbin หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Diploma does not equal automatic job. A lot of work, persistence, & luck is needed as well. You might grind for 10 years before you get a great position- or maybe never...

  • @joemacy2776
    @joemacy2776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The fact that higher education is viewed as a business as opposed to education is part of the problem. Universities aren't in it to educate the population anymore. They are in it to make money. I still think having a degree says a lot about someone. It shows a certain degree of determination. It shows that someone is self motivated and that they are able to commit to something. I know this because I have a bachelor's degree in math, and I know how hard it was to earn it even though I don't currently use it in my job. But the a lot of the reason people think it isn't worth it is the system. The institution of higher education itself is actually very beneficial to society IMO.

  • @Creamy_Durian
    @Creamy_Durian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This only works for private colleges. Public colleges are almost completely government funded so the amount of merit based funding they have is very limited.

  • @adammurphy7562
    @adammurphy7562 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    It’s worth it as long as you get a good deal. Some do some don’t. Be smart. Understand the risk vs reward

    • @joekev27
      @joekev27 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lol show me the people getting a good deal. Unless your getting a full ride scholarship your always getting a bad deal.

    • @adammurphy7562
      @adammurphy7562 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @joekev27 I have a few friends who got a full ride. So that’s a good deal. I went for less than 20k for my bachelors so I consider that a good deal. All depends.

  • @AuditingTheCorrupt
    @AuditingTheCorrupt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    I'll make this easy for you, it isnt.

    • @thomaskim5008
      @thomaskim5008 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@P.90.603Not all college degrees are same. Some degrees help you with careers but other degrees are useless when it comes to careers. How would history majors lead to great jobs? To get a nursing license, you need to get a nurse degree.

    • @Dr.Beetlejuice110
      @Dr.Beetlejuice110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thomaskim5008 it should lead to great education jobs. True, some degrees are entrepreneurial like history and literature etc. But nursing degrees....healthcare degrees are much more complicated. This is coming from someone with a masters getting bust down to caregiver for a day because they are short staffed. This doesn't happen for lawyers, judges, doctors, psychiatrists but this happens for people they think they can get away with because there are prejudices when it comes to certain careers that people don't think about. When I was a caregiver full time before I got my masters. I was doing it for 3 years while they preached, go to school and get your masters and you don't have to do this anymore. Fast forward 6 years and look at me, right back doing what I am doing. So there are prejudices and the fact is that people respect what they can't do. Which is a drag because not everyone can or should shoot to be a lawyer, psychiatrist etc but to get away from these crap jobs, that's what society is teaching. Go for it even if you are not suited for it. It's a dangerous precedent.

    • @yoboybigj875
      @yoboybigj875 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      College is useless in this era..You have Asian, African and Indian coming from oversea that come from poverty taking most of the engineering,tech and medical field jobs..🤷‍♂️Most who graduated college before the pandemic was able to get a job.Job market right now is terrible

    • @thomaskim5008
      @thomaskim5008 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ Not entirely true. Why do you think American tech companies are hiring foreigners instead of Americans. There are not enough Americans who can handle the jobs. We need colleges to train Americans for American jobs. We need colleges to train Americans for the medical field. If you are talking about the humanities and social sciences, we don’t need college unless students want to pay out of their pocket for colleges.

    • @backdoorletsdothis
      @backdoorletsdothis หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@thomaskim5008foreigners are cheaper than Americans. Why do all companies have call centers in India or Pakistan? It's dirt cheap to operate there compared to the us.

  • @JT-hw6mq
    @JT-hw6mq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    oh good, an out-of-touch old guy telling kids how to plan their future.

    • @TomMcBoston
      @TomMcBoston 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Unlike the young people taking out $100,000 in loans for a degree in gender studies.

    • @TomMcBoston
      @TomMcBoston หลายเดือนก่อน

      @NunyabiznessboiLOLOL Keep telling yourself that. By the way, trump won because of people like you.

  • @waverly2468
    @waverly2468 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm too old to become an electrical engineer so I'm glad I sat in on classes instead of taking them for real. STEM is over-advertised, especially now. The Wall Street Journal said some computer programming boot camps are closing up shop because the demand for grads has collapsed like the Tropicana casino.

  • @lt3074
    @lt3074 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It's a racket. There's no guarantee that you will get a job & and you're in debt. Once you get the degree

    • @gooch11111111
      @gooch11111111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most people need not be in debt when they finish. Spend a couple of years at the local Community College and then transfer to your home state university system and you are likely to have little to no debt when you graduate. This will vary a bit from location to location but college is very affordable for most. You are right there is no guarantee of a job but that is true if you don't go to college too and picking the right major can help a lot with this. The bottom line is if you have no plan and don't have a clue what you want to do then you really should not be paying someone to find out by going to college. too many people are treating college as just the thing to do without any thought for what value they are really getting from it.

    • @gooch11111111
      @gooch11111111 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Nunyabiznessboi This does vary from location to location but $13k a year is not very expensive for a year of college education. If you are getting a degree to get a job that pays $30k a year you should probably rethink getting the degree (this also depends on location though). There needs to be a real up front ROI calculation before even deciding to go to college, that is a large part of how some people are getting themselves into trouble. College is not a place to find yourself or figure out what you want to do. If that is your goal there are plenty of ways to do that without paying for tuition.

  • @drticktock4011
    @drticktock4011 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A well-educated adult, who really took advantage of this opportunity, is vital to society. College is Not meant to get you a job. If you want that and make $$$ right away, go to trade school.

  • @TrashCanWizzard
    @TrashCanWizzard หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    How about you make it so people only have to take their major. Not more of the basics or irrelevant electives.

  • @clairelivefreeordie2551
    @clairelivefreeordie2551 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whatever happened to "non credit" seeking students? It's my understanding that virtually anyone can attend college & receive an education but there will be no degree. Sounds reasonable to me. Companies can simply test them in the job they're applying for.

  • @lchin10717
    @lchin10717 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Apply for scholarships to help pay for college Kristina Ellis wrote two books on how to pay for college and how to graduate debit free. I read her scholarship book and it’s wonderful. There are lots of books on how to help pay for college no one is talking about it.

    • @michellenicole678
      @michellenicole678 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many of those scholarships are for high schoolers when I tried to look for the scholarships while in undergrad there weren’t any available I scoured the internet and asked my university and there weren’t any

  • @aidenalamo6262
    @aidenalamo6262 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I would say it is worth it if you pay for two classes at a time until you can afford the time and effort and tuition of four classes per semester.

  • @DAWN001
    @DAWN001 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Treat it as any investment, which may have high, low, or negative returns, depending on the quality of the both faculty and students’ human capital as well as the labor market conditions. There is definitely no simple yes/no answer across the board for everyone in every field and school.

  • @mr.d7237
    @mr.d7237 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes it is. But if you want to keep tuition down, go to a public school. For example, Cal State University and University of California are both awesome publicly-funded systems with reasonable tuition. Same with the public systems in Texas and New York.

  • @Gasahlean
    @Gasahlean 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    College is amazing! Now join our career fair with MLM companies 😃😃

    • @Gasahlean
      @Gasahlean 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@P.90.603 everyone has to work bro you cant live off loans forever

    • @H33t3Speaks
      @H33t3Speaks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@P.90.603 You could start a business? Your time has passed. Move on, or be pushed.

  • @Aaron_R
    @Aaron_R หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rich people start businesses, hire recent grads, donate money/fund endowment, give scholarships, and always pay tuition. A college with only rich kids will be successful (even if they aren't the brightest). The professors usually fail to understand rich people make a university great. Affirmative action is bad because it removes the natural relationship between rich alumni and university. Plus the actual coursework and debt provide little value unless it's professional/vocational.

  • @NawafRaj
    @NawafRaj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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    • @AaadKasim7011
      @AaadKasim7011 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hello
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    • @Derisvalda
      @Derisvalda 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This year I reached 100 thousand invested in Bitcoin ETFs and other dividend income, it was exactly 1 year and 4 months, I already accelerated to reach 200 thousand, I think I will reach the goal sooner

    • @jeremiahcostillo7440
      @jeremiahcostillo7440 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a long term investor, my trade was placed in Shiba inu and I withdrew my profits of over £56,000 during the covid-19 pandemic...

    • @jeremiahcostillo7440
      @jeremiahcostillo7440 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I liked the benefits of the investment process because I am very clear about the organization in which I am investing. That's because the examiner's notes keep me informed. In fact, I enjoy the process more than the result. Thank you very much Mrs Katie Walters

    • @K.Bougie
      @K.Bougie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm interested!! Can anyone tell me how I can contact her?

  • @dave23024
    @dave23024 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yeah. If you're a sucker and you think DEI won't come right back by another name, then pay for your college tuition. 🤣

  • @JT-hw6mq
    @JT-hw6mq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Dont waste your money on college. Learn skills instead. Employers care less about degrees and more about current skills

  • @do_not_trust_bjc
    @do_not_trust_bjc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We asked these questions, yet what is really going to change? What choice do we have before and after something falls?

  • @martinalbert29
    @martinalbert29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    No unless you are on a scholarship or if the government is paying for you.

    • @lt3074
      @lt3074 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You have to be dirt poor for the government to give you grant these days. Most assistance are loans.

  • @philiplombardo249
    @philiplombardo249 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sounds like that interviewer is down to just four packs a day! Congrats, buddy! It’s a tough habit to quit lol

  • @DominickSpano
    @DominickSpano หลายเดือนก่อน

    The honest answer is no, and the coming from a college professor. Colleges do absolutely nothing to get students jobs or gainful employment, which at the end of the day is what matters.

  • @HanzouTooRi
    @HanzouTooRi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hell yeah!!!!

  • @lozu8947
    @lozu8947 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For most people, no

  • @lyseonlyfe
    @lyseonlyfe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You can ask but please know that doesn't mean you are going to get it. I don't want you to be set up for disappointment.
    He is also correct that you can go to many schools but employers are biased towards the school you go to for their internships and new grad programs.

  • @vincentnnyc
    @vincentnnyc หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is the reporter keep coughing…it is so distracting!

  • @DrManHattan3n20
    @DrManHattan3n20 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The answer is no. I just saved you 10 minutes

  • @cesarhernandez769
    @cesarhernandez769 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Only if you get a degree that’s in demand or relatable to a career field, otherwise no

  • @robertov3866
    @robertov3866 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He lost me when he started whining about anti semitism.

  • @DerrickBridges-c3o
    @DerrickBridges-c3o หลายเดือนก่อน

    The quick answer is no

  • @joekev27
    @joekev27 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haha i got a good laugh in this morning thanks lol.

  • @nerdygamerguy8378
    @nerdygamerguy8378 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It depends on what YOU study for and it's purpose. You really think that a liberal arts theater major or gender studies is worth the financial burden? Pursue something that actually guarantees you a job.

  • @chrisregister8021
    @chrisregister8021 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe if it's for finance...

  • @jon6309
    @jon6309 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nope not worth it at all! Even with a six figure job that mostly hires from expensive schools the investment and the effort is just not worth it. You are better off saving tuition cost, working a lower paying job and invest in an index fund. I had no student loans but I was $40,000 less richer after college that only landed me a low paying job. If I invested that $40,000 in an index fund it would be worth more than my total net income for several years 😢

  • @1blakklab1
    @1blakklab1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its only worth it if you need specialized training or uou like learning.
    Getting a degree for the sake doesn't help. Like those feminist degrees or a degree in movoe making. Just do it for free

  • @annathemaanderson4448
    @annathemaanderson4448 หลายเดือนก่อน

    NO!

  • @kristibrown1164
    @kristibrown1164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    absolutely nothing good to say regarding college

  • @DrManHattan3n20
    @DrManHattan3n20 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is hilarious lmao this man is dying right on camera

  • @CometoJesus2025
    @CometoJesus2025 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Walmart pays for your college 😉 be smart!

    • @Bob-p2q9q
      @Bob-p2q9q หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Depends on the store,the manager, your team lead,other team leads,your work life can drain your soul making your work life hell,making the deal not worth it

  • @kathieharine5982
    @kathieharine5982 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not worth it.

  • @aviationfrk
    @aviationfrk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No!

  • @x-men69-96
    @x-men69-96 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    not really.

  • @AndreasRothchild
    @AndreasRothchild 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No.

  • @Wvdoctorz68965
    @Wvdoctorz68965 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worth the cost? I attended a tuition-free university and received my Bachelors in Computer Science. I make 6 figures.

  • @KJiiFrost
    @KJiiFrost 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No

  • @hannahmaldonado3665
    @hannahmaldonado3665 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's easier to get in because enrollment rates are at an all time low

  • @Supreme-gu1jz
    @Supreme-gu1jz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its only worth the time spent with all expenses paid i.e rich kids.

  • @kristibrown1164
    @kristibrown1164 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    trade school is the only way

  • @ErikBoeryd
    @ErikBoeryd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    no lol.

  • @robertbirch5676
    @robertbirch5676 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Major in Beyonce and expect someone else to pay for it

    • @TomMcBoston
      @TomMcBoston 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@P.90.603Trump won, you lost. Accept it.

  • @reneel2441
    @reneel2441 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No

  • @charlie-qh2ll
    @charlie-qh2ll 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No.

  • @United-States-of-Africa
    @United-States-of-Africa หลายเดือนก่อน

    No