My point wasn't about STEM vs liberal arts. I actually agree with you. Unless you're going to an elite school where you'll network with highly influential peopl

My point wasn't about STEM vs liberal arts. I actually agree with you. Unless you're going to an elite school where you'll network with highly influential people, taking out massive loans for anything less than a totally professionally-focused degree (physician assistant, accounting, nursing) or a software-industry favored degree (computer science, math or physics) is a huge mistake. Also, my only remaining loans are from me going back and doing a "professional" degree that proved to be fairly useless. I had thought I did my research but failed to crunch the numbers carefully enough or account for future family decisions (most employment opportunities in the field required extended foreign residence/travel). So I sympathize with taking out loans for a "responsible" degree and still coming out financially screwed.