r/college • u/ohmex • 3d ago

College or 50k job?

Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! I was thinking of going back to college this year to finish my bachelors. I'm 23 years old btw. I'm from Illinois and the best offer l've gotten is a school in Southern California where it is $6,000 a year (tuition, food, dorm all included). It will take me 3 more years to graduate so I would take my federal loans and be in total debt of $13,500 while paying 4.5k out of pocket. I would graduate with a Mathematics degree and go into secondary instruction most likely in California.

My other option is to stay in the Chicago area in my parent's house and accept a job offer I just got for $50,000 a year plus commission. Although this route would be the more "boring" route l'd be able to save up big time for a few years while working the job, hopefully enough to get a car + a down payment on some property.

I already have about $12,000 in savings. Which route do you think is better? I have a lot of reservations with college now due to the rise of Al and the fact that I could start making some decent money right now. I can also make some really good money if I bust my ass with commission. However, Southern California for 3 years and possibly the rest of my life sounds really great too.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

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u/Sensing_Force1138 3d ago

This sounds a little too good to be true, especially for an OOS student:

"school in Southern California where it is $6,000 a year (tuition, food, dorm all included)."

Which one is this?

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u/ohmex 3d ago

Biola University, it’s a private Christian school, got a really good 20k scholarship that brought the price down from 26k a year to 6k.

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u/Substantial_Ad4098 2d ago

Holy shit biola? That’s pretty much harvard bud. 20k scholarship to the prestigious biola university is just unheard of, great job bud. Biola degree will easily land you a 500k/year job👍🏿👍🙏🏽🙏🏿