There is a common belief that to be successful in life one must receive a college education. Simply earning a college degree brings you closer to obtaining the American Dream. And the more higher education one acquires, the further a head they will be amongst other individuals in society. Such way of thinking usually develops around the time students are in grade school; it is an ideal upheld by the students’ parents, taught by their teachers and promoted by other authorities and institutions surrounding them. Perhaps the most popular explanation for the push to earn a college degree is that it’ll provide you with a high paying career. The American society thrives off of this way of thinking; to be an entrepreneur you need a business degree
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As time and society constantly change, it is crucial to answer the ultimate question if attending college is in fact, a good “investment.” Based on the findings from past scholarly articles and current data, I will be arguing through the perspective that earning a college degree is certainly not a requirement to be economically successful; one simply has to visit an online job site to see many high-paying jobs offered without requiring a degree. Additionally, with incredibly high tuition prices and additional add-in college “expenses,” the amount of student debt one accumulates after graduating can be financially devastating if there is no sufficient income for the recent graduate. These factors are just a few examples for why this is an important topic. At the beginning of the past 2014 Fall Semester, some 21.0 million students attended U.S. public and private universities (US Department of Education) with the compelling idea that earning a college degree would provide them with a high-paying job. Yet as society is continually evolving and expanding the number of jobs that do not require a college degree, perhaps it’s time for the old-school way of thinking to change as …show more content…
While these topics may appear separate from one another, they do interact and in some way affect one or the other. Thus, within the paper I will explore if a college with higher tuition than one with low tuition will provide a better paying job and more financial success than the college with a lower tuition. For this argument (H1) I will assert that the college tuition has little to no affect on the financial success of a student compared to a student’s degree or the prestige of the university. In addition, I will be exploring the rising tuition costs and if that will affect the desire to pursue a college degree. I argue (H2) that as tuition rises, fewer individuals will pursue a college education and degree. Finally I will argue (H3) that the increasing student debt drives prospective students away from entering higher education and increases the dropout rate within college
As time and society constantly change, it is crucial to answer the ultimate question if attending college is in fact, a good “investment.” Based on the findings from past scholarly articles and current data, I will be arguing through the perspective that earning a college degree is certainly not a requirement to be economically successful; one simply has to visit an online job site to see many high-paying jobs offered without requiring a degree. Additionally, with incredibly high tuition prices and additional add-in college “expenses,” the amount of student debt one accumulates after graduating can be financially devastating if there is no sufficient income for the recent graduate. These factors are just a few examples for why this is an important topic. At the beginning of the past 2014 Fall Semester, some 21.0 million students attended U.S. public and private universities (US Department of Education) with the compelling idea that earning a college degree would provide them with a high-paying job. Yet as society is continually evolving and expanding the number of jobs that do not require a college degree, perhaps it’s time for the old-school way of thinking to change as …show more content…
While these topics may appear separate from one another, they do interact and in some way affect one or the other. Thus, within the paper I will explore if a college with higher tuition than one with low tuition will provide a better paying job and more financial success than the college with a lower tuition. For this argument (H1) I will assert that the college tuition has little to no affect on the financial success of a student compared to a student’s degree or the prestige of the university. In addition, I will be exploring the rising tuition costs and if that will affect the desire to pursue a college degree. I argue (H2) that as tuition rises, fewer individuals will pursue a college education and degree. Finally I will argue (H3) that the increasing student debt drives prospective students away from entering higher education and increases the dropout rate within college