Article Summary: Is College Worth It?

Dominic Davalos Megan Dickson English 1010 20 March 2024.

Is college worth it? In 2024, college is seen as an “option” for a person’s future and success. If we went back to the year 2010, there was an all-time high of college attendance and people could not see themselves in a successful job without a college degree. Since 2010, college attendance has dropped exponentially. You may think this is not a big deal, but this is an issue we need to address. When somebody has a college degree it allows them to get a high class and high paying job, this boosts the economy and offers the person many benefits such as health insurance, life insurance, and retirement. When we compare this person with a college degree to someone who “skipped” out of college,

If we figured out a way to fix this problem of people not attending college, we could get people more high paying jobs and help the economy out greatly. The more “skipped” college students the lower we drag the economy every year. I am currently in high school and about to go off to college, so I am writing this to inform kids my age around the world how much college really benefits you. So, the question remains, is college worth it? Megan Scott argues her opinion that college really is worth it in her article, “Yes, College is Worth It, Busting Myths About Higher Education.” Published in the New York Times on August 8, 2021, Megan Scott challenges popular opinions that talk about the importance of higher education. She supports her point of view by examining statistics, expert opinions, and relevant examples. Megan Scott first addressed the common belief that college graduates may struggle financially. Citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, she shows that people with bachelor's degrees have average lifetime earnings that are more than double those of high school graduates. This goes

Statistically, people with college degrees have higher paying jobs compared to a person with just a high school diploma. Some people may ask “does not going to college affect the economy negatively?” Woessmann, L quotes in his article titled “The economic impacts of learning losses.” That “Better educational achievement is reflected not only in higher individual incomes but also in higher national incomes overall. Basic cognitive skills, as measured in international comparative tests for pupils in math and science, are probably the most important long-term determinant of economic growth and thus of the long-term prosperity of a society.” Woessmann, L explains very well how people not going to college simply slowly drags the economy into a pit that is hard to escape. If citizens choose to attend college instead of just sticking with their high school diploma, it won’t just simply help them, it will help the country. In my opinion, college is not just learning about a subject, but it is also learning about who you are as a person and who