[mgatepi]

Originally Posted by legion

We'll see where the cost of college is in 12 years when my oldest is there.

Right now, it seems like the cost/benefit of college is way off. 17 years ago four years of college cost me $32k (total, everything included) and landed me a $50k a year job. Today, the same major at the same school would run $96k and the same job and the same employer would pay $60k. So a college degree landed me with debt equal to 64% of on year's salary. Today it would be 160%. A decade before me, that number was more like 30%. I'd also argue that over the same time period, the actual quality of a college education has declined significantly as well.

SO true!!

I run a manufacturing company that produces auto parts and assemblies for the Japanese 3. We have several trade jobs open that can easily pay 80K per year with some OT. Cant fill them......