Debt Crisis= Loss of value for an American Degree? (credit, school) - World - City-Data Forum

Listennow32 · 08-03-2011, 10:16 AM

Do you think that this entire debt crisis will lead to the loss of worth for degrees earned at American Universities?

tmac9wr · 08-03-2011, 11:38 AM

No. Not at all. Regardless of the current economic situation, the smartest students in the world are coming to American universities.

kevxu · 08-04-2011, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Listennow32

Do you think that this entire debt crisis will lead to the loss of worth for degrees earned at American Universities?

No, I cannot imagine that happening. There is no connexion between the two.

Grim Reader · 08-04-2011, 05:19 AM

American degrees are far more hampered internationally by the accreditation system than any debt crisis.

Listennow32 · 08-04-2011, 09:40 AM

Ah great. as a recent graduate from an American University I want to be sure that I can work abroad in the next 30 years or so and not worry about any new stigma that may arise due to an economic decline of the United States.

chikid · 08-04-2011, 10:05 AM

Naw, and even though we are in a rough spot with our economy, we are not in a dire situation either. Now if we were on our way to becoming a third world country, maybe degrees would lose respect, but the U.S. is not going down that path.

Mr. Joshua · 08-05-2011, 12:28 PM

Sounds like the quality of the school you went to is going to be more of the problem.

Tiger Beer · 08-09-2011, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by tmac9wr

No. Not at all. Regardless of the current economic situation, the smartest students in the world are coming to American universities.

Plus, it's be a bit lower priced - due to the weak dollar.

Tiger Beer · 08-09-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Listennow32

Ah great. as a recent graduate from an American University I want to be sure that I can work abroad in the next 30 years or so and not worry about any new stigma that may arise due to an economic decline of the United States.

As an American who has been living abroad for the most part since 1996...

Our Education at the University level isn't in question at all. Those seem to be solid, and will be for quite awhile.

It's just the trust in our financial system....and lots of suspicious of our political motives.

But education reputation, at least at the university level, seems VERY SOLID.

Acajack · 08-09-2011, 12:10 PM

Perhaps if it is specialized in "public finance administration"

, but other than that it should be fine...