Is College A Good Choice For You?
You have nearly 5,000 colleges to consider in your college search. Learn how to gather information about your choices and find the right colleges. Most importantly use the college cost comparison tool to evaluate the financial impact of your college choice.
Determining whether college costs are too high depend on whether going to College is the best way for you to find a job, and whether that job pays enough, compared to your alternatives. Exploring whether to attend college or to choose an alternate route such as an apprenticeship, depends on an understanding of the kinds of jobs that will be in higher demand, eventually.
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It is part of the dream. The ideal that colleges sell to us. Not only will you graduate from college with a degree but you will also find a job that you love. The theory is that there is a vocation that suits all of us. We all have exclusive talents or passions for certain careers and college supports us in nurturing those talents to an employable level.
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Money. It is never something we really give much thought to when we are young, ambitious and adventurous. We decide our major based on what we love doing and what we are good at – have a knack for. But, what if our romanticised view of our career path takes a severe battering, when it comes to money, just based on that single choice? What we study at college has the potential to reduce or increase our projected income by more than 300%.
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It’s a business decision. That’s what you are faced with when you are considering studying at one of America’s colleges. They are huge money making institutions and what you are about to make is a major investment.
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A college degree has always been perceived as being valuable. Besides the prestige, it usually brings lower unemployment rates and higher wages. And many studies have been conducted like this one at the Washington Post, which states that “Going to college is worth it – even if you drop out”! They reinforce the notion that over one’s lifetime a college degree is worth dramatically more to the recipient, than not graduating college. But is it?
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