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People do not graduate with a STEM PhD with hundreds of thousands in debt; that is not how the education system works pretty much anywhere in the world.
by tanderson92 9mo ago
People do not graduate with a STEM PhD with hundreds of thousands in debt; that is not how the education system works pretty much anywhere in the world.
- noo_u 9mo agoPeople who had to pay for their undergrad education in prestigious US colleges do. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/biden-is-right-a-lot-of-students-at-elite-schools-have-student-debt/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/biden-is-right-a-lot-of-s... But hey, don't let basic research get in the way of confidence, amirite?
- etrautmann 9mo agoGenerally true, unless they have large undergrad loans that they weren't able to pay off, which is a real consideration for many.
- xboxnolifes 9mo agoYour PhD might not put you into hundreds of thousands of debt, but your undergrad very much might in the US. And then you'd have to choose to start a PhD while having hundreds of thousands in debt.