Even state schools are phenomenally expensive now. Total cost of attendance where I am enrolled is around $25,000 annually. It is absolutely nuts.

@DoctoralZombie I agree it's crazy. I sent my kids up to Canada. Do you pay tuition for doctoral studies?

Is tuition free in Canada?

@Stephanie99 Yes, as an out of state student I pay tuition. Just an FYI, our generous assistantship stipend is $325 a week, and requires a minimum of 20 hours per week work. As is typical in higher ed, the demands are usually much higher.

@BelieveItNot Tuition in Canada is not free, but it is a lot more reasonable. My daughter went to McGill for less than our local community college.

@DoctoralZombie I did better in Chemistry. I hear that they get $25,000 these days. When I did it, I only taught one tutorial and had an office hour, here. In Canada I did 3 lab sections, if I remember right, maybe 15 hours a week.

I paid mine, too, long before that law was enacted. If I went into public service for many years in order to have my student debt forgiven, I would be super pissed. I'm pissed enough as it is that these folks aren't getting what was promised.

me too.

@bingst I also worked in mental health I might have qualified?
I bet it would have just driven me nuts trying?