I graduated with an information systems degree about a decade ago, and no employer has ever given me any amount of money for that degree. I have never gotten a bonus or higher pay because of it. Now, I’m seeing so many videos on TikTok and reels lately of students who graduated with a computer science degree costing them upwards of 90K, And they are all packed any huge room with like 20 employers who are hiring for like 300 jobs but there’s like thousands of them…
So basically if you want a digital piece of paper that says you’re “educated”, you can pay $40000 > $350,000. But you’ll never get any amount of money for it from employers, it won’t help you find a job. It’s a myth
$350,000 is very high pay and is in the clouds. I don’t know what would pay that but somehow I think that those roles are looking for very experienced and niche people.
For my degree it is about $8,000 per semester (after scholarships it is only around 4-6k)
My plan is to get my degree without any dept and then to pickup a bottom rung job and work my way up. I already have a few years of experience so that probably will help a bit.