Statistics of a College Dropout

A COLLEGE EDUCATION MORE THAN 75% OF STUDENTS REQUIRED TO TAKE REMEDIAL CLASSES NEVER HAS MORE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR A GRADUATE IN THE UNITED STATES THAN ANY OTHER NATION GRADUATE 70% OF AMERICANS WILL STUDY AT A 4-YEAR COLLEGE, BUT LESS THAN 2/3 WILL GRADUATE 30% OF COLLEGE AND 60% OF COLLEGE DROPOUTS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DROP HAD NO HELP FROM PARENTS SEE YA! OUT AFTER THEIR FIRST YEAR IN PAYING FOR TUITION A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE EARNS 84% LESS THAN A TYPICAL GRADUATE FROM A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE BEING UNABLE TO BALANCE SCHOOL, JOBS AND FAMILY IS ONE OF THE TOP REASONS FOR DROPPING OUT DROPOUT STATISTICS OF A COLLEGE DROPOUT 40% OF COLLEGE DROPOUTS HAVE PARENTS WITH NOTHING BEYOND A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 50% OF COLLEGE THOSE WITHOUT A COLLEGE DROPOUTS HAD DEGREE ARE TWICE AS INCOMES LOWER LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED THAN $35,00 AS THOSE WITH ONE A COLLEGE DEGREE IS WORTH A COLLEGE $365,000 FOR THE AVERAGE DEGREE IS AMERICAN MAN AFTER YOU WORTH $185,000 SUBTRACT ALL THE DIRECT AND FOR THE AVERAGE INDIRECT COSTS OVER A LIFETIME AMERICAN WOMAN DISCOVER THE VALUE OF COLLEGE AT CollegeAtlas.org SOURCES: NYTIMES.COM, REUTERS.COM, THEATLANTIC.COM, CHRONICLE.COM, USNEWS.COM, WASHINGTONPOST.COM, PUBLICAGENDA.COM, HUFFINGTONPOST.COM -------------.