Cost Of Education Research Paper

Is a college degree worth the cost? This is a common question among students who are deciding whether to continue with their education or stop right after their four years of High School. Today, "the United States currently ranks 10th in the world in its percentage of 25- to 34-yearolds who have completed postsecondary education” (Adam, 3). This is due to the fact that over the past few years’ college expenses have increased at a rate that today money is one of the major reasons why students get discouraged and decide not to continue with their education. A college degree does not only come from having the opportunity to pay for the education, but on how much determination a person has to get a degree. Whether continuing or stopping with schooling …show more content…
From this graph, the readers can conclude that by having a postsecondary education the risk in percentages of being unemployed decreases due to the fact that nowadays companies prefer to hire someone who has more experience in their career that will be use their specific techniques to accomplish the tasks required in each job position. Also, this table shows how the higher level of education a person has the chances of suffering decreases (Value of a College Degree). The percentages that show the unemployment rate decrease almost by two as the education level increases and also the weekly earnings made by that person increases by almost three-hundred dollars. This table should create conscience that earning a college degree can be costly, but also it also offers more benefits for a better future and healthier …show more content…
In this case, college graduates don’t have to be worrying that much about not having a stable job and reduces the chances of suffering from stress that can later have serious health problems. “74% say their college education was very useful in helping them grow intellectually and 55% say it was very useful in helping them prepare for a job or career” (Pew Social). High School education and a College Education are completely, being a college student expands your knowledge not only in the basics such as Math, English, or Science, but also in real life situations and how to face them. A college student learns how to be mature, since some of the times they learn from their experiences. For example, in high school some students are used to having the teachers always reminding them of due dates of homework’s or having their parents solving their problems, however in college everything changes. College graduates learn to be more independent and responsible as they experience new things. They realize that the only ones who will be either benefited or harmed by their actions are them. In college Professors are not behind the students reminding them about their projects or reminding them to study, this leads to experiences were students learn to have a more organized schedule and to take priorities which in this case is their