Is College Worth It by TechLAdy

College is Worth It

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College is Not Worth It

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Debt

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No job garanteed

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A new set of income statistics answers those questions quite clearly: Yes, college is worth it, and it’s not even close. For all the struggles that many young college graduates face, a four-year degree has probably never been more valuable.

its not if you have some other talent like being a rapper or an actor and that's all you know

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Americans with four-year college degrees made 98 percent more an hour on average in 2013 than people without a degree. That’s up from 89 percent five years earlier, 85 percent a decade earlier and 64 percent in the early 1980s.

The average starting salary for 2013 grads earning bachelor’s degrees has risen to $45,000, up 5.3% from the average starting salary for the class of 2012. (I’ve rounded NACE’s numbers to the nearest $1,000).

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Perhaps the biggest advantage to going to college is the opportunity to earn more money in your future career. According to 2000 Census figures, people with a high school diploma typically earn $1.2 million over their careers, compared to $1.6 million for people with a two-year Associate's degree and $2.1 million for people with a four-year Bachelor's degree.

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You might pick the wrong degree

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Following your dream

A sheet of paper can not decide the future of a man...

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Career advancement and promotions are based on multiple factors, however, having a bachelor’s degree can be a major factor.

Another one of the many benefits of a college education is meeting others from distant places with diverse backgrounds

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But just because people who graduate from college are better off doesn’t necessarily mean that going to college is a good decision. Most of the benefits of college come from graduating, not enrolling.

Success isn't about being the best, it's about how you want it to be.

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Here is a list of average starting salaries by discipline:Engineering $63,000 Computer Science $60,000 Business $54,000 Communications $43,000 Math & Sciences $42,700 Education $40,000 Humanities & Social Sciences $37,000

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