Unfortunately there's a lot of terrible advice given to children. 'Follow your dreams' and the like. It's nice to talk about university as somewhere to expand y

Unfortunately there's a lot of terrible advice given to children. 'Follow your dreams' and the like. It's nice to talk about university as somewhere to expand your horizons, but people never mention the cost. The cost of 10-50k/year for tuition and an opportunity cost (in terms of not getting a full time job and working your way up) of another 50k+/year. Is that a fair price for a degree that won't get you a better job?