Is a degree worth it?
August 13, 2025
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August 13, 2025
Is a degree worth it?
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It’s results time for 700,000 A-level and T-level students. It’ll mean final decisions about their future – and whether university is the best option for their finances and their career. <br /> <br />With the huge cost of a three or four-year course, squeezed graduate incomes and fast changes to the job market due to AI, is a degree worth it? <br /> <br />Niall Paterson speaks to business and economics correspondent Paul Kelso about whether the cost of a degree outweighs its reward and just what has changed since Tony Blair vowed to get 50% of school-leavers going to university in 1999. <br /><br />Producer: Emily Hulme <br />Editor: Paul Stanworth <br />
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