The average Bachelor’s graduate in the US has $30,000 in debt on graduation, the price of a new car. That just isn’t that expensive for the magic piece of paper

The average Bachelor’s graduate in the US has $30,000 in debt on graduation, the price of a new car. That just isn’t that expensive for the magic piece of paper that gets you past HR. If you didn’t want to go into debt that’s fine but if you have a credible chance of graduating $30,000 over the course of a working life is not bad. If you want a degree you can actually get a regionally accredited US one way cheaper, from Western Governors’ University or go even cheaper and munchkin transfer credit requirements and credit by examination like the people at https://www.degreeforum.net/ https://www.degreeforum.net/ Or you can do like I did and fart about for years and go straight to getting a Master’s in Finance for ~£10,000 from CEFIMS by starting off studying Master’s modules as individual professional awards or in Software Engineering from Oxford more or less the same way. https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/ipa/ https://www.cefims.ac.uk/programmes/ipa/ http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/apply.html http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/study/apply.html > Admission criteria Applications are invited from anyone with sufficient experience or proven ability in software, security, or data engineering. An appreciation of the challenges and practices facing professionals in the field is expected, together with an appropriate level of logical, mathematical, or analytical skills. A typical applicant will have at least two years' experience in a professional environment, and an undergraduate degree in a related subject. However, more extensive experience may compensate for a lack of formal qualifications