Are the co-ops worth it?

PengsPhils
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:07:55 +0000

It does depend on your major a bit, but the majority of students will pay for their living expenses while on co-op, making the price exactly the same as any other non co-op school. In some majors, it is regular to make money in total while on co-op, but you shouldn’t bank on that.

For pharmacy, you should break even I suspect. In some of the better-paying jobs in pharmacy, you may make a few thousand per co-op even after room/board.

Short story: you don’t lose money on co-op except for specific low paying majors like arts and social sciences usually. The others will at least break even.