Law schools and medical schools are expensive, because lawyers and doctors (at least in the US) can expect to have good money afterwards. On the other hand, ar

Law schools and medical schools are expensive, because lawyers and doctors (at least in the US) can expect to have good money afterwards. On the other hand, art schools or, say, a degree in English poetry are expensive because those are luxury goods. Those are favored by rich people who never have to work a single day in their lives, but they want to be art connoisseurs. Pursuing an art degree if you have to work for a living later is dubious, to say the least. Taking a huge debt forward it is pure, undiluted madness.