> > On balance, do you think pursuing a degree will be more lucrative in the long run? > Yes. Do you have good evidence for this? I've seen data that says tha

> > On balance, do you think pursuing a degree will be more lucrative in the long run? > Yes. Do you have good evidence for this? I've seen data that says that each year of post-high school education correlates with a ~8% bump in salary, but I am doubtful that this is a causal effect. If the OP wants to make money, spending time becoming one of the best persons at some subset of front-end engineering is almost certainly more lucrative and more easily doable outside of a university. Alex Maccaw (http://alexmaccaw.com http://alexmaccaw.com) is a good example of this.