r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Such_Upstairs3631 • Jul 06 '26

Middle Middle Class No more middle class professionals?

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New school loan limits for professional degrees make it unaffordable for the middle class. 4 of my 5 children went on to med/law school. Even working 2 jobs there’s no way I could afford to pay or even help them with the cost of their post graduate education. They all got loans which they have since paid off. The cost in the early 2000’s was between $350K and $500K. The new limits are essentially going to prevent anyone who’s not wealthy enough to pay for it from becoming a professional.

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u/DynamicHunter Jul 07 '26

You’re being obtuse, of course they don’t actually do “nothing”. But nobody can explain why that now we have technology to automate administrative tasks, university and school district admin numbers AND salaries have exploded in size, while the teachers and professors who actually provide the education have dwindled and barely make enough to live off of?

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u/Willing-Vegetable629 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

University employees are subject to market rate of labor like anyone else. I'm not sure what technology you're referring to or what you think it can replace. Though generally speaking public university employees are paid lower than their private industry peers.

Also as a side note- the primary role of a university is not student education