Is college really worth the multiple years of schooling paired with the ever-increasing debt that students have to repay after they graduate? A record 18.4 million students applied to colleges in the U.S in 2009. Tuition, however, typically rises each year at a rate that surpasses the rate of the Consumer Price Index. Critics find it unfair that students have to pay tens of thousands more for an education than people did decades ago. Most students will use some type of loan for an average of 23%
Ms. Meyer AP English 11 February 22, 2013 Is it really worth going to college, owing hundreds of dollars in order to get a degree in a profession to become successful and experienced in the real world? Today, as tuition costs increase students are questioning whether college is fit for them or not. For one, college can be really expensive, for example at the University of Minnesota for an undergraduate during the academic year of 2011-2012, the cost for one credit was $448.08 and $5,825 for a total
The cost of college tuition is often seen as the drawback that causes high-school graduates to choose not to enroll into higher education. This is highly unfortunate because college education is worth the cost. The cost may be unappealing, but there is assistance for the tuition fees, for example, financial aid and student loans. It is worth the cost for high-school graduates to go to college for the reasons that it will allow for these young adults to gain an abiding profession that can support
universities and colleges as of the fall of 2015 (“Back to School Statistics”). Students around the country are paying thousands upon thousands of dollars to receive a degree in a field of their choice, where they may or may not be able to use to find work once they graduate. Is college really worth the money? Is it worth putting ourselves tens of thousands of dollars in debt to receive a diploma that doesn’t guarantee a job after graduating? I believe it isn’t. I believe that driving up the cost of education
In times, nowadays college is one of the main ways to become successful in this world. The thing is college isn't for everyone. Some kids simply do not qualify because of grades but a major problem is tuition. On average tuition can range from 20,000 dollars to 40,000 dollars a year. Add this up for 4 years and you are looking at about 120,000 dollars for a 4-year degree. This price is what can take away an opportunity to go to college. In 2011-12, the NCAA reported $871.6 million in revenue. That
COLLEGE EDUCATION Is collage worth going and is it worth it? Here is my answer I think collage is worth going for and learning so you could become a successful person. All people say it you have to become successful so you could start a career. As you hear not all people went to collage but they became successful. Is collage education worth the expense of tuition? If you are planning to go to college and take your time and not play around in those classes then I think you should go to
Every year millions of high school graduates enroll in college and every year millions of graduates come out of college with an average debt of $25,000. But is it really worth it to go to college for a couple years and trying to balance your life with classes, work, exams and debts. For most students college alone is tough enough with trying to learn, deciding what you want to do later in life and then the costs are there too. Trying to pay for your tuition, for your housing, food and clothes are
expected from attending college and to some it has made them worst off. And, because of those negative outcomes advocated like Goldie Blumenstyk the author of “American Higher education in Crisis” explains why it happens and what to think of them. There are many complaints regarding higher education such as, the high expenses of attending, not being able to find a job, to much time being invested, and many more. With that being said, is it really worth attending college? To evaluate those concern
Is a College Education Worth the Cost? Have you ever just stopped to think about what it must be like to be “qualified” for a job yet be unemployed and homeless? Starving on the streets because you paid everything you had to an institution that was supposed to guarantee a better life, a more stable and successful career. Obviously this is an extreme case, not everyone who pays for college ends up living on the streets and broke, but almost every college graduate is in debt. For as long as college
The cost of education after high school is constantly increasing as years go by and has some people question, “Is this degree even worth it?” The debt of many former college students who payed their own way, follows them for the rest of their lives. It’s like an annoying nuisance they keeps following them around everywhere they go and especially in every financial decision they make. Some people find ways to go around this debt and get their education paid for, but others have to pile on the debt