On the flip side, I'm pretty sure grad school is not financially rational if you intend to go to industry. At best, you'll get a scholarship and maybe a teachi

On the flip side, I'm pretty sure grad school is not financially rational if you intend to go to industry. At best, you'll get a scholarship and maybe a teaching salary/stipend of ~30k over 5-6 years. In my experience, people who can do a PhD could've been making 2-3x that much in industry. PhDs do get hired at a higher position, but you can easily get there the normal way over 5 years. IMO a lot of grad school students are just here to immigrate.