@frogo0: First of all, you have to understand that your GPA very rarely plays a role in finding a job. I know a lot of people who got their degrees by barely passing the courses and found jobs no problem—they really aren't being treated any differently than the people with high GPA, because most recruiters know that academic performance shows nothing about anything other than...well, academic performance.
I think if earning a lot if your primary goal, you should have gone the business route. Doing business is how people get extremely rich (and have no time for family, typically). Freelancing/self-employment in the creative industry is also great money. I'm in the audio engineering industry (I work as a mixing/mastering engineer) and a lot of my peers earn six figures a year without going to college/university.
I don't think it's unrealistic to earn 80K a year, but I think you need to do more than just find a job and work. Expand your sources of income by doing other things.
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