Should I Get An MFA?

I lean towards “no” on this one, but in an effort to provide a balanced opinion to students, I’m providing both the cons AND the pros. First up, the cons.

In return for slim job prospects, even the most inexpensive MFA will run a student over 35k in this country. And what does the degree qualify graduate students to do once they’ve finished? Here’s a table detailing some of the jobs my class of 2001 art school comrades currently hold.

Click through for table and the pros. Tumblr doesn’t seem to like the HTML I used for the tables :( 

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