A degree or 50 grand in cash

What would you rather have the degree you're studying right now or £50,000 in cash. Talking particular to non STEM and medicine/dentistry peps

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Reply 1

UWS

Original post by Dominoes

What would you rather have the degree you're studying right now or £50,000 in cash. Talking particular to non STEM and medicine/dentistry peps

I would take the degree, then I can make back the 50k within a few years.

Reply 2

RainBow_xo

Same as the above poster. I have no loans to pay back (medicine) and I will have made that back and more in about 3 years!

Reply 3

username853993

Original post by Dominoes

What would you rather have the degree you're studying right now or £50,000 in cash. Talking particular to non STEM and medicine/dentistry peps

take the £50k

Reply 4

esrever

50k isn't a high amount enough amount with which you can make some decent investments. So I will go for the degree.

Reply 5

Retired_Messiah

As a philosophy student I think I'd be far better off getting money thrown at me.

Reply 6

HMPD97

I'd take the cash, hate my degree lol

The money

Take the £50,000, do an OU course and get a degree and about £35k left :wink:

Reply 9

Captain Jack

Original post by Dominoes

What would you rather have the degree you're studying right now or £50,000 in cash. Talking particular to non STEM and medicine/dentistry peps

Original post by UWS

I would take the degree, then I can make back the 50k within a few years.

If you could still go on to study the degree, I would definitely take the cash.

Degree.

Definitely take the degree. I love my degree, and my earning potential is much higher than that.

Reply 12

Student-95

My degree costs more than 50k

Reply 13

Tootles

Original post by UWS

I would take the degree, then I can make back the 50k within a few years.

That's what they have you believe. So many graduates don't make **** for a long time.

I'd have taken the money and completed the degree myself, when I was at uni. That would have kept me going while working, and maybe would have funded a postgrad degree too.

Reply 14

UWS

Original post by Tootles

I guess I'm speaking in hindsight since I've already completed my degree and I'm on a decent enough salary to make the 50k option offered to me in 2-3 years.

Reply 15

999tigger

Does the degree come free of loans and with free maintenance? If not, then wouldnt the money be better and you could reinvest it in a degree if you wished?

If the degree was free then is the argument just is it worth the money? In which case it is to some and in some cases it is most definitely not.

You can still make significant progress without a degree and pursuing education through other means.

Reply 16

Wired_1800

Original post by UWS

I guess I'm speaking in hindsight since I've already completed my degree and I'm on a decent enough salary to make the 50k option offered to me in 2-3 years.