re: Hunter Atkinson leaving the team

I think those numbers aren't very representative of the truth...because...a job or career doesn't just last 1 year after college...at least mine didn't..

plus...add in health insurance sharing by the employer, 401k, etc...and the actual job worth is even more..

36K,,,I will admit...that's a little low...unless it's in southwest georgia or somewhere similar...

I mean...I get what you are saying...but you also can't put a price on opportunity and you have to look at it as an investment..school affords you just that...the way I look at it..is that luckily we have freedom to research and choose what we major in...and I think that is important..

my CRNA graduate degree cost me roughly 150K with housing, etc...total...student loans....it almost equaled what I made my first year of working...but....it's a career investment...over the course of 10..even 20 years....I look at my ROI...and I'm happy..

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A degree is worth about $8k a year.

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To start, yea. But depending on who you work for, lack of degree can really hurt you. If you're a contractor it can prevent you from being a full time employee with benefits and PTO (I know Verizon, among others, has this policy in place). It can also hinder you from advancing in to management type positions. Again, it all depends on the company, but a degree opens a lot of doors.