Food, Medicine, 1 Roof over your head..

We try to mend it with either stitches, medicine, or bandages, in an attempt to make it heal so it'll go away.  

IT, engineering, medicine) are carrying up the ROI to that high because those degrees may have an ROI of 60-70-80% or higher.

It is a drug.It has many medicinal values, but to each their own. 

I doubt I could ever stop practicing veterinary medicine completely.

I'm not convinced that anyone getting a degree outside of a professional field (medicine, law, etc.) are any more hireable than someone with drive.

Unless you plan to get a degree in medicine, law, engineering or some other "professional" degree it's my opinion that college is as much, if not more, about the experience then the actual physical degree.

Many in the medical field though are frustrated with pay systems and healthcare reimbursements.. its not all wine and roses :)  but the folks I know in medicine like you say do quite well and are intelligent enough to invest wisely. 

What most people don't know is Sports Medicine was founded in Birmingham (HealthSouth).

CA is still attracting tons of top tier talent (engineering, finance, medicine, bio-tech) who earn a high enough wage to afford a quality life in CA, which in turn drives prices up.You less frequently hear stories from the engineer/medicine/bio-tech families .