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Re:Parents Give Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based C... by GVIrish on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @01:56PM (#20567392)
There are plenty of skilled trade jobs that pay as well or better than a number of undergraduate degrees. Electrician, aviation techs, construction managers, plumbers, radiology tech, LPN, and dental hygienists are all jobs that pay as well or better than some of the lower paying bachelor's degree careers. So that would be your history, english, biology, psychology degrees, etc. Here's a chart of salaries by 4 year degree:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-salaries-colleg...

Obviously once you get into engineering degrees, computer science, finance, law degrees, and the like, no trade school or community college degree can compare. But the ultimate point is that a 4 year degree is not the only path to a decent income. Especially when you factor in student loan debt.

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Re:Parents Give Up Custody of Their Kids to Get Need-Based C... by protomyth on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @02:15PM (#20567590)
Obviously once you get into engineering degrees, computer science, finance, law degrees, and the like, no trade school or community college degree can compare.

Well, I wouldn't be so sure of that. Quite a few of the vocations can make more than what you mentioned. It is variable, much like the pay of a computer science major depending on market.

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