My husband spent his entire career as a high school college counselor fighting some of these for-profit “colleges” - that promised degrees and great JOBS - that never materialized -while the students had to take out student loans.
He always said these “colleges” charge students tens of thousands of dollars - for which they’d take out loans - for $10/hour jobs.
He was a huge believer in the trades, coming from a blue collar family - and seeing how much we were charged by plumbers and electricians, something students could learn for free or low cost at a trade school.
Maybe 20 years ago there was a school in my state called “The Broadcaster’s School”, or something like that. The school advertised heavily on TV.
They promised to make you fully-qualified for radio and TV broadcasting work. I knew a guy who fell for it, as he wanted to be a sports broadcaster. He took out loans to pay the tuition.
Of course he never did get a broadcasting job. And I’d be surprised if even one of the graduates did.
You’ve got to do your own due diligence. But, hell. That school was darn near a criminal operation in my opinion.