21 March 2013

What’s A Degree Really Worth?

       This article talks about how a college education might not be worth as much as they are said to be or as much you may think they may be. It shows that people have always used student loans to pay for college and assume that he job they end up with will enable them to pay for all expenses including student loans. But now that more and more people are getting a college education, there aren’t as many jobs open so graduates won’t be able to get the jobs they need in order to pay expenses and their parents are stuck paying for them which can put the parents under. This article also explains about how tuition fees are skyrocketing and people are going back to school to change jobs, a few researchers are questioning the methodology backing up the high projections. The estimated lifetime total is $780,000. I believe college is definitely “worth it”. I will absolutely be going to college, I will pay for it by scholarships and if I can’t get scholarships I will go to college through the military and go in as a ranking officer before I even do my service. In my opinion this article is void because it seems like they’re trying to stop people from going to college by saying it’s “no worth it” when it really is “worth it”. In conclusion this article tells about how college may not be “worth it” by giving statistics on how much, on average, college graduates make in their lifetime.

Part 2

       When I researched for my first college, which is UCF, it told me that for 1 year it would cost $208.23 for one year. When added for four years the cost would be $832.92… that’s not as expensive as I thought it would be. Then when I researched for my second school, which is UF, it told me that for one year it would cost $20,580 for one year and when multiplied for four years it would cost $82,320 which is a lot like the cost I thought it would be. Neither college offered to me on the website I used any scholarship or grant help. In UCF it can cost up to $70.00 and in UF it can cost up to$1,080 for books. In my opinion UCF seems like the best school for me to go to, to get my education because it costs less for the same learning. I think that UF should lower their prices a little or offer more scholarships so that students who are underprivileged can get into a good school and get a good education.