Kathryn P's List: costs of college

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• Institute for Higher Education Policy reviews the individual benefits that college graduates enjoy, including higher levels of saving, increased personal/professional mobility, improved quality of life for their offspring, better consumer decision making, and more hobbies and leisure activities (Institute for Higher Education Policy, 1998).
• the long-term benefits to individuals as well as to society at large, appear to far outweigh the costs. Students should explore their financing and aid options, if the barrier of obtaining a college education is cost.

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• Census Bureau, on average a college graduate with a bachelor’s degree makes over $22,000 more a year than an individual who did not finish his or her degree. Multiply that number by the number of years the average person works before retirement and you have an indisputable justification for the cost of a Bachelor’s Degree.
• Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that college graduates have an unemployment rate of 4.6 percent in 2009, compared to 9.7 percent unemployment rate for those who only have their High School diploma.
• Right now, on Monster.com, there are 409 job listings for those with just their High School Diploma in Arizona. On the other hand, also in Arizona, there are 703 job listings for those with their Bachelor’s Degree.

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