20.2 million students were enrolled in colleges and universities. Does that mean college is worth it? It all depends on you and your career because some careers need a college degree some don 't. There are benefits for going to college. One of the benefits are money which is important for most people. A college graduate makes an average of 30,000 more per year than a high-school graduate and 500,000 more per lifetime and even if you have a two year degree you make 170,000 more per year compared to a high school graduate that 's quite a lot of money. But there 's a lot more benefits but of course for every benefit there 's a con. The con for making so much green money is that 10% of students graduate with over 40,000 dollars in debt and about 1% are in 100,000 dollars debt and 60% of college graduates …show more content…
But the one of the more important benefits in my opinion is that the children of college graduates are healthier and more prepared for school. Children aged 2 to 5 years old in households headed by college graduates have a 6% obesity rate compared to 14% for children in households headed by high school graduates. College graduates have lower crime rates and better health and better citizenship. 43% of college graduates did volunteer work compared to 19% of high schoolers and 27% in all the adults in general. 9% of College graduates donated blood in 2005 and 6% of high school students donated blood. So in my opinion I think college is worth it because there are so many Benefits and only one main con which is college debt. Health Insurance is very important and college graduates had 70% access to employer health and high schoolers have 50 percent to health employer insurance and college graduates have a 70% to retirement plans. A lot of college students don 't graduate and waste there money and time and the government 's money and 25% of students who enroll don 't come back the second year. So if you 're interested to going to college I think it 's good