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Wall Street Journal Series on Costs of Elite Higher Education

1/26/2022

 
Financially Hobbled for Life: The Elite Master’s Degrees That Don’t Pay Off
July 8, 2021
Columbia and other top universities push master’s programs that fail to generate enough income for graduates to keep up with six-figure federal loans.
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Law School Loses Luster as Debts Mount and Salaries Stagnate
August 3, 2021
With high-paying jobs out of reach for most, graduates of the University of Miami and other well-regarded programs routinely carry six-figure student loans for years
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Journalism Schools Leave Graduates With Hefty Student Loans
September 10, 2021
Students take on debt for master’s degrees in hope of news jobs even as opportunities diminish.
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How Baylor Steered Lower-Income Parents to Debt They Couldn’t Afford
October 13, 2021
The Texas university and some other wealthy colleges guided families into no-limit Parent Plus loans, leaving them with onerous payments; ‘I will never get it all paid off’
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USC Pushed a $115,000 Online Degree. Graduates Got Low Salaries, Huge Debts
November 9, 2021
The prestigious private university hired a for-profit firm to recruit students to its social-work master’s program; ‘You don’t feel like you’re part of an elite school’
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Some Professional Degrees Leave Students With High Debt but Without High Salaries
December 1, 2021
Cost of degrees in dentistry and veterinary medicine may pose threat to service industries, WSJ analysis finds.
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Why Washington Won’t Fix Student Debt Plans That Overload Families
December 8, 2021
Lawmakers know federal Plus loans burden millions of parents and graduate-degree earners with balances they can’t afford, yet Congress repeatedly punts on changing the programs. Here are five reasons.
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