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Is College Worth It?

THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now people ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now реople ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now реople ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now реople ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now реople ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now реople ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them THE COST THE PAYOFF THE BIG PICTURE College tuition and fees, FOUR-YEAR PRIVATE Median earnings of 25-to-34-year-old full-time workers Percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds who have completed $25,000 BACHELOR'S DEGREE postsecondary education inflation- adjusted 20,000 S. KOREA 58% $40,000 CANADA 15,000 JAPAN 10,000 N. ZEALAND FOUR-YEAR- PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL- DIPLOMA 20,000 NORWAY TWO-YEAR PUBLIC- 5,000 IRELAND DENMARK 1980- AUSTRALIA BELGIUM U.S. 42% 1990- 2000- 2010- II 1980 1990 2000 2010 POLL POLL POLL A slim majority of higher-ed grads think college 55% Most college presidents rate our higher- education system as not the best ... Americans 19% 51% thịnk a college education PREPARES THEM FOR A JOB BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD ONE OF THE BEST IN has become 22% 75% 74% GIVES THEM INTELLECTUAL GROWTH 69% too expensive for most MOST PEOPLE CAN AFFORD MOST PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD prepares them for a GIVES THEM MATURITY ... and even less so 10 years from now реople ... job .. 7% 46% ... and families and schools differ on who should pay for it... ... but student borrowers say paying back student loans % saying student loans make it harder to ... 10% 22% 18% ... and less than PAY BILLS 48% 12% 63% half think President Obama's goal for the U.S. to have the world's 48% BUY 25% А НОМЕ can affect their career Federal government State governments- choice ... CНOOSE A 35% 64% highest share of young adults with a college degree by 2020 is likely to happen GENERAL COLLEGE PUBLIC PRESIDENTS CAREER 24% VERY OR SOMEWHAT LIKELY TO НАРРEN NOT TOO OR NOT AT ALL LIKELY TO НАРРEN Students/their families – % saying work is very interesting ... yet most college graduates say college was a good 86% ... and higher education 53% 51% doesn't help make work much more PewResearchCenter A GOOD INVESTMENT Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because not all response categories are shown. Sources: Pew Research Center nationwide telephone survey of 1,055 university presidents and 2,142 other adults conducted March 15-April 24 on landline and cellular phones; College Board; Current Population Survey; OECD 6% COLLEGE DEGREE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR LESS investment interesting NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT for them

Is College Worth It?

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The cost of higher education is skyrocketing. Parents and potential college students are taking a second look at the price of university and its actual correlation with the increase in one's overall salary.

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