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What is the value of a college education?
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<blockquote data-quote="bosun1" data-source="post: 394320" data-attributes="member: 2766"><p>Value is in learning to think, gaining a marketable skill (sheepskin), increased job satisfaction (?) due to using your mind vs your back, and a job that has minimum demands on your body so you'll live longer and be in better shape in your dotage.</p><p>On one hand...4 years of college @$10,000/year equals $40,000 minimum invested in your education. If the only job you can get pays $30,000/year then it will be awhile before you recoup your investment. On the other hand (G): HS education. Start in a factory. $13.00/hour..$26,000/year times four (your college education time) equals $104,000. Add in the $40,000 you spent on your degree equals $144.000 which is the true cost of your college education. If you are reasonably intelligent and dependable, you increase your skills at the factory..do utility work..then technician work, move up to maintenance (machine repair not a janitor) and you're making $40.00/hr plus..</p><p>Think about that, Mister Career Counselor!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bosun1, post: 394320, member: 2766"] Value is in learning to think, gaining a marketable skill (sheepskin), increased job satisfaction (?) due to using your mind vs your back, and a job that has minimum demands on your body so you'll live longer and be in better shape in your dotage. On one hand...4 years of college @$10,000/year equals $40,000 minimum invested in your education. If the only job you can get pays $30,000/year then it will be awhile before you recoup your investment. On the other hand (G): HS education. Start in a factory. $13.00/hour..$26,000/year times four (your college education time) equals $104,000. Add in the $40,000 you spent on your degree equals $144.000 which is the true cost of your college education. If you are reasonably intelligent and dependable, you increase your skills at the factory..do utility work..then technician work, move up to maintenance (machine repair not a janitor) and you're making $40.00/hr plus.. Think about that, Mister Career Counselor! [/QUOTE]
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