Ask HN: Difficulties with Going Back to School

Re:Ask HN: Difficulties with Going Back to School by decGetAc on Sunday March 23, 2025 @11:13AM (#43453458)

Why mechanical/electrical ? Very anecdotal but most of my friends from college who got a degree in that ended up chasing software engineering jobs.

I mean I'm sure mechanical/electrical jobs exists but from my admittedly limited view it always seems like it's the opposite move so interested.

Also 80k is ridiculous if it's in the US , maybe it's the specific university you're looking at ?

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Re:Ask HN: Difficulties with Going Back to School by bilbo0s on Sunday March 23, 2025 @11:16AM (#43453483)

I think they mean 80k total for all 4 or 5 years.

That seems reasonable to me for a 4 year degree from one of any of the 50 public flagships. (I assume that's what they're talking about.)

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Re:Ask HN: Difficulties with Going Back to School by decGetAc on Sunday March 23, 2025 @11:25AM (#43453540)

I just looked up the average for public state universities per year and it's around 10k (8-15k)

Which lines up with my own costs. Am I missing something ?

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Re:Ask HN: Difficulties with Going Back to School by hndecision1234 on Sunday March 23, 2025 @12:11PM (#43453849)

Really? The state college by me, middle of the road type, is 30k a year in state.

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Re:Ask HN: Difficulties with Going Back to School by decGetAc on Sunday March 23, 2025 @08:51PM (#43457034)

Just double checked, I see multiple sources with the same information.

In state yearly tuition. Mind sharing your state ? Or one around you if you think that's too personal

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