Money is a crucial piece to the puzzle of life, but it does need to be managed, especially when going through college. The biggest problem with money and college is paying student loans and paying tuition costs. Los Angeles Times’ Robert J. Birgeneau writes, “people with a four-year college education will earn at least a million dollars more over their lifetimes than those with only a high school diploma.” This statement just proves …show more content…
The main one is to better your education and to get a degree to help you find your place in the world. Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell writes, “From a high of 70.1 percent in 2009, it was down to 65.9 percent in 2013.” She is talking about the college enrollment rate, because in the early part of the article she writes about how the number of people enrolled in college was decreased. A reference source titled, College Education Timeline, reports the history of events concerning college education. “...the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reveals that U.S. college graduation rates rank 19th out of 28 countries studied.” (2014). This data may be a couple years old, but sometimes with age comes higher achievements. In addition to this, in the article, Making College Affordable, it says, “Forty-six states have college savings programs instead of or in addition to prepaid tuition programs.” This can help students wanting to go to college make it. With time, their college could help them reach greater potential, leading them to a possible high paying job and other