Let’s just pretend that Generation X didn’t have college tuition rates that were half of what they are today. Even public, 2-year colleges (like those utilized by trade unions) are 2-3 times higher than they were in the 90s (when Gen X went to college).





But no, it’s clearly the fact that students choose shitty majors. It’s not as if these rocketing rates apply to every type of college, even “smart” ones like STEM Fields, Economics, Business, etc.

Or that, adjusted for inflation, people graduating with degrees in STEM fields make less money than the average college graduate from 93, including those who graduate with Art History, English Lit, and Social Work degrees.

In today’s dollars, the median mechanical engineer starting out will make about $62,000. Comparatively, the average college student starting out after getting their degree would make $66,400 in 2016 dollars.

So you’ve got universities, across the board, costing 2x-3x as much and the highest-paid degrees are now making less than the average degree holder in the 90s.

…Clearly this is the fault of those damn millennials who just are rushing headlong into adulthood and not considering all their options. It also has nothing to do with the fact that, on average, college degrees will get you an extra $23,000 a year, and it’s just silly that millennials would make the decision to go into debt to nearly double their earning potential.