[redschell]

It's a fair point, but you need to consider the fact that the extra $20,000 a year could mean the difference between a big college loan and a smaller one (or no loan at all!), and the size of your college loan, which will in time become college debt, can have a profound psychological effect on what you want to do with your life. I'm not sure I'd be confident in a start-up as opposed to a stable job if I had $20,000 more in debt looming over me.

[Rickasaurus]

That's one reason I'm glad I did the community college -> public university transfer route. My years in community college were about 5K each, and my public university were more like 15K.

I was able to pay it all off in about three years after getting out by just sticking with the college lifestyle while I worked.