As far as I know, the only graduate programs where students do not pay for the education are in the hard sciences. These are also the programs that train students for jobs that have very low unemployment rates (about 2% in my field).
Graduate students in soft subjects often accumulate mountains of debt, and graduate to find out there are no jobs in their field. Sure, their masters and PhD certificates look nice on the wall, and the PhD recipients are privileged to be called "Dr.", but their degrees are worthless. There is not a lot of employment out there for people whose main skill is digging up proof of racism, sexism, and other isms everywhere they look.
“There is not a lot of employment out there for people whose main skill is digging up proof of racism, sexism, and other isms everywhere they look.”
It’s like basketball. A lot of people play it, most don’t make a nickle at it, but a select few at the top will do very well. Look at the Revs Sharpton and Jackson.
Q: How does an engineer get a philosopher off of his front porch?
A: He pays her for the pizza.