Is College Worth It?

Get a college education. Get a good job. Make good money. Retire. That's been the formula high school students have been told for years. But today, with soaring educational costs- just not tuition but everything else- you know, like food to live off, students are wondering, "Is my education worth it?"

I'm not here to offer my opinion on the subject- but here to help you form your own.

Gallup says, yes college is worth it, but only for those who want to be there.

Poll from Gallup's website using their "Big 6" elements of a
successful college experience.

The folks at The Economist say success after college depends on what degree you get and where you go to school.

You've heard this one before...Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs. All college dropouts. But, this piece by Forbes takes a very in-depth look at college's return of investment (ROI).

President Obama said a college degree is the "surest ticket to the middle class." The Washington Post finds a study that they may not be so true. (They suggest you finish on time,)

There's a tremendously over-dramatic trailer for a book called "Is College Worth It?" by William J. Bennett. You can order the book there as well.

Morley Safer shows both sides of the argument in this 60 minutes piece. (The subject of the 60 minutes piece, Peter Thiel, is worth an estimated $3.3 billion.)

In a country where student debt is over trillion dollars, it is certainly an argument worth having.