[mfalcon]

I agree. The problem is the intangibility and the difficulty to estimate the value (by an economic metric) of the degree.

Several careers have a more direct and tangible link degree-value, no one can be a cardiologist or a civil engineer without the degree.

I've a Software Engineering degree but I don't really know if it was worth it, I learned some valuable things but how can I say that I made a good choice with some degree of certainty?