Please... It is a choice, not a birthright. How many have been $90,000 in debt with no job prospects and no assets? I was a poor schmuck who coudln't pay his bills... I had to live on $40/week for food/household expenses, no cell, no cable, no internet for years... Five years from the start of my financial problems (medical bills w/ no insurance), my market assets were worth $50,000 and my net worth went from -$90,000 to +$65,000. It is a choice that anyone can make, if they are willing to seek opportunity instead of security, and to make the sacrifice and educate themselves-- seek opportunity in every challenge...
In my experience, based on my observations, education is only possible if
1.) you have some aptitude for education. A lot of people, whether by virtue of a poor underlying education or because they just aren't the intellectual type.
2.) You must have a support system to make it possible - a spouse willing to work through school, parents who can at least partially support you, or need-based aid from the university. With the skyrocketing cost of education, it's becoming more and more impossible to work your way through school - even in public universities.