My parents are paying for my college, but I'm 22 now and 2 quarters into a second run at college. The first go around I went on the state of Washington's dime (

My parents are paying for my college, but I'm 22 now and 2 quarters into a second run at college. The first go around I went on the state of Washington's dime (Running Start, only had to pay $200 in fees plus books), and had a spotty experience with a GPA to match (3.9 in one class, 0.0 in another). This go around I fully researched what I needed to take, and plotted my course in the most economical way possible. Currently at North Seattle College we're talking about a bit under $1700 a quarter in costs for 15 credit hours, which will increase to $5,530 at UW Bothell 3 quarters from now. I am wholly unenthusiastic for this significant price bump, but at the very least my parents have decided to fund my second attempt, so hopefully, come late 2019 I'll have an Applied Computing degree or better (depending how Calc 2 goes...). Gonna spend $41k, mainly paying UW so I can get my damn receipt. If a degree weren't so important when it comes to getting a job, I'd likely go without, but the earnings hit in the Seattle market is so severe that it makes sense to invest in a degree. $60k to $80k w/o a degree, versus $120k with a degree is pretty clear cut. I assume at some point I'll end up financially supporting my parents, but that is (hopefully) ~18 years away. Supposedly there have good pensions & have saved a bit, but who really knows?