>>12014888It depends where you are?
Are you Uk, USA, AU, NZ, somewhere else.
If USA, probably not a good idea unless you are good at it and it is what you want to do. Else you would be better of with an apprenticeship or a trade. Even if you earn less in the long run you maintain your freedom from debt which allows you to do more what you want and less 'must maintain salary to pay off loan'.
In the UK its a similar situation. Will you be going to a good russel group uni (its not about quality of teaching, its purely prestige, unfortunately that's just how HR decide whether or not to dump your future job application in the bin). Russel group is a good investment if you do well (2:1 plus), else its sort of so-so. Debts not such a big problem bc you do not have to pay it back. But do not contemplate anything outside of a hard physical science (Physics, chemistry, maths) or engineering.
There's good apprenticeships out there in nuclear engineering, explosives engineering, civil engineering, finance and others. Great for income in your early years. You will be more restricted in what you can do in the future, but thats true of anyone pursuing a career- big but reasonable money comes from experience in a specific area.
