Change happens. Cope. My parents graduated with a solid grasp of vacuum-tube electronics - and walked straight into a world of transistors. Change happened. Th

Change happens. Cope. My parents graduated with a solid grasp of vacuum-tube electronics - and walked straight into a world of transistors. Change happened. They coped. Pick your field of study with care, recognizing what the degree can (and can't) do for you out there. Realize there is no guarantee, no social contract, no assurance that your degree will in fact do anything for you. Find a suitable balance between cost of education and subsequent salability (engineering degrees paid in cash have good payback; advanced degrees in obscure studies piling enormous debts don't), and look for creative solutions (don't just go "I want" and swipe a card with no idea how it will be paid). Realize the price tag is the result of supply-and-demand: so long as students are willing to incur massive debt for misguided or aimless degrees, prices will go up. And realize there are more options than list price, if you will dig and inquire (my wife & I have 5 degrees, total cumulative cost ~$100k with the last degree paying us to go there).