> As for your other points, going to college is still generally profitable. Per the article you provided, "Those with a college degree now make $17,500 more pe

> As for your other points, going to college is still generally profitable. Per the article you provided, "Those with a college degree now make $17,500 more per year than those without." I don't doubt that this is accurate. But here's the problem: not thinking through your decisions and banking on the assumption that you'll have an average outcome based on statistics is a great way to mess up your life. There are plenty of people in tech who don't have four-year degrees who make multiples more than the median wage of college graduates of a similar age. And lest you resort to the "tech is an exception" argument, there are plenty of professions, from sales to construction to plumbing, in which you can easily find folks without four-year degrees making very good money. In today's economy, anyone going to college without purpose and a plan expecting to earn $17,500 more per year "because statistics" is at risk of experiencing a rude awakening, particularly when debt is used to finance an education that will offer a piece of paper and little in the way of practical skills.