Is college still worth it? Read this study.
1/12/20
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from The Washington Post,
1/11/20:
Without adequate savings or enough scholarships and grants to go around, students and their parents feel they have no other choice than to take out student loans.
But, rightfully so, this debt sentence has sparked a debate: Is college still worth it?
The paper is extremely technical, but wade through the data to get to this important point: “The wealth-building advantage of higher education has declined among recent graduates of all demographic groups. Among all racial and ethnic groups born in the 1980s, only the wealth premium for white four-year college graduates remains statistically significant.”
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