I did that after I got laid off early 2009, although for me it was going back to finish my bachelors. Spent two years in school and got to sit out the worst of

I did that after I got laid off early 2009, although for me it was going back to finish my bachelors. Spent two years in school and got to sit out the worst of the recession. However, (in the US) tuition increased a ton from when I first went to school and has only gotten more ridiculous since I graduated. Personally I'm glad I did it, it just took a while to pay it all off.