> His motivation for getting a degree was to be marketable to employers In my 20 years in the industry, I was only asked once in an interview about my degree.

> His motivation for getting a degree was to be marketable to employers In my 20 years in the industry, I was only asked once in an interview about my degree. > but also to gain a better understanding of fundamentals I believe there are many courses online, such as Coursera and others if he wants to learn more. None of them will have the social aspects or networking, but they are far faster and cheaper than the traditional path. My suggestion is to sit down with your son, and start looking at the job market for junior or graduate jobs and see if it will make sense to invest $130k and 4 years of his life. If he realises that this is not the way forward, I would suggest he start looking for local hackathons where he can join, learn, network and have fun.