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Why go to college if you’re not guaranteed to get a good job? In today’s society with student debt at an all-time high going to college is necessarily meant for everybody since not everyone is fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel to interviews or other things that enhance your resume to look better. Going to college is not needed in today’s world due to rising student debt and inequality at record levels.
Why attend college when you can excel in other careers and make the same money, if not more, without a degree? The website usatoday.com shows countless examples of well-paying jobs that pay on average about $70,000 a year. It claims that jobs like an electrician, Gaming manager, or personal care aide are not only good paying but enjoyable too. The website states that good-paying jobs without a degree don't look for education they rather look for skills people bring to the business instead of what degree they have or what grades they had on an important test. This proves that in today's society with technology advancing every day and opening career opportunities college isn't the right thing to do anymore.
Sometimes a college degree does not pay off as much as it costs to get it, and sometimes the competitiveness of getting into a certain school or program makes the cost issue even more serious. When you graduate college it might leave you with debt, high stress levels, or possibly no self-motivation. The question that goes through every student's head at least once is “Is college worth it?” This question is even more complicated for today’s average family household and prospective high school graduates. One of the main problems for today’s high school graduates is the rising price of college education. Attending college can add up fast considering the price of (room, board, books, supplies, transportation, and personal expenses. it can cost up to tens of thousands of dollars per year. In Steven Barkan’s book on social problems, Barkan states that “ Only 44% of all students who attend a four-year institution is lucky enough to have annual tuition and fees amount to less than $9,000 per year.” This means that of that 9,000 you would still be paying about 750 a month which could go towards your rent or invested into stocks which in ten years if invested properly could add up to about 40,000 dollars. Besides the costs and likelihood of getting in, college can still benefit your life in multiple ways.
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