As kids we are told from the time we start Kindergarten to the day we graduate how important an education is. Teachers push students to their limits to make the grades that will get you into higher colleges and they tell you time and time again how important grades are and …show more content…
There are options you can take like going to a two year college averaging $2,527 a year according to the college explorer. http://www.campusexplorer.com. Students tend to stop and wonder if those huge price tags on a higher education is really worth it.
While doing some research according to the United States Census Bureau a graduate with a PHD average salary a year is $100,000, a masters $60,000, a bachelors $55,700, and an associates $42,000 as where a person with only a high school diploma only makes $32,500 a year or less. A student who earns just a high school only makes $1.3 million dollars as where a college graduate can make an average of $1.55 million dollars in their lifetime. With these statistics many would agree that college education is important and worth the time and money you spend on getting a higher education.