<p>^ However, there have recently been in the news many stories about students leaving law school heavily in debt, and without job offers. Not every college is a good return on investment, just as students are finding that not every law school is a good return on investment. A moderate, with emphasis on moderate, amount of student (and perhaps also parent) debt to make possible attendance at a better rather than worse college may be a very good idea, but it’s not clear that the family being asked about in this thread weighed their choices with economic reality in mind. </p>
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<p>What if the $80K a year for the rest of your life can equally readily be achieved without the $200K debt?</p>