<prompt> Human: Hey everyone!Im about to graduate University with an engineering degree and im considering graduate school for Student Affairs. I currently have 23K in debt and am mostly concerned about the financial stability and outlook of the career im interested in. Most salaries in Student Affairs start out at around 40K so im considering the worst case scenario if I choose to commit to grad school which will likely be completely paid for through assistantships etc. I come from a low socio-economic background, I am a first generation college student, my parents and I have never known financial stability, to this day they live paycheck to paycheck. I dont care much for material things, but I do wish to buy a car, a home and take the occasional vacation in my life. Having the debt I have and going into a lower-salary based field, what kind of lifestyle is that? What are the questions I should be asking myself financially when trying to make this decision? For context, Ive had two engineering internships and critically evaluated my fit for the engineering field and have concluded that its not what I want. Student Affairs is extremely appealing to me and I am currently taking a course in it to gain more perspective and I am thoroughly enjoying it so far. Thank you all for any advice!! :  <response>: I make 44K and its enough to live on. My rent is 750 plus utilities and Internet its around 1000 a month. I still have over 1000 dollars for the rest of the month. 