Velazquez 4Fig. 1. The wages for college graduates have decreased over the years. Source: Shierholz, Heidi.“New college grads losing ground on wages.” Economic Policy Institute. Economic PolicyInstitute, Aug 31, 2011.Over the years, the salary for recent graduates has decreased. Heidi Shierholz, who wrotean article about how college is not as helpful for students as it was before, stated “…hourlywages for young college-educated men in 2000 were $22.75, but that dropped by almost a fulldollar to $21.77 by 2010. For young college-educated women, hourly wages fell from $19.38 to$18.43 over the same period.” (Shierholz) As wages decrease, people are starting to side morewith the opinion that college is just not worth the high expense. The wages for new collegegraduates, comparing female and male, increased dramatically from 1979 to 2000 by at leastthree dollars, but then from the year 2000 to 2010 it decreased by at least a dollar. Having a four-year college degree, known as a bachelor’s, is not as helpful for a successful future as it wasbefore. Now many people can still achieve a good-quality of living without ever having to attenda four-year college and waste money they never had in the first place. Along with the decrease ofwages, there is a pay gap between female and males. Though both assisted a college to receivetheir bachelors, males end up gaining more of an advantage from their degree. They get paidabout three dollars more than women, making it unfair for them, since
