Is Grad School Worth It? New Research Shows Students Left With Unmanageable Debt

Despite fierce debates over solutions to the country’s student debt crisis, Americans still tend to believe that going to college is worth it. The vast majority of people who have undergraduate degrees are better off financially than they would’ve been had they not attended college. But what about graduate degrees? New research reveals many programs leave their participants with more debt than they initially borrowed, in jobs with incomes insufficient to pay off the balance.