I would have graduated college in 2012 so I'm started to see a lot of my friends (facebook friends, people I went to high school, college with) doing graduate school now.

Some are what I would say is reasonable. Science, research, etc.

Others just seem like something to do because they weren't able to find a job in their field or whatever. I have one friend who is a language major. He is fluent in literally 7 languages and did pretty much every semester abroad in college. It's insane. But after he graduated, he was only abel to get random translation jobs and nothing that was worth making a career out of.

Graduate school for him means a bit more debt (I'm sure his parents still have a bit of money left), exploring more cities, learning new things, partying, and the promise of a better career.

I have another friend who is doing grad school for animation. I don't know. That just seems a bit ridiculous. What are you gong to learn that you couldn't learn by actually doing? And is that worth the $XX,XXX/year? I doubt it. It seems more reasonable to start working, meet new people, work your way up, see what skills the job actually requires, etc.

I dropped out of undergrad after 2 years though, so I don't know if I'm the best person to give input on this topic.