50% of female graduates see value and benefits of college

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Fifty percent of all women who have graduated from a four-year college give the U.S. higher education system excellent or good marks for the value it provides given the money spent by students and their families but only 37% of male graduates agree. Also, women who have graduated from college are more likely than men to say their education helped them to grow both personally and intellectually. These results of a nationwide Pew Research Center survey come at a time when women surpass men by record numbers in college enrollment and completion.

 

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Top 10 high paying jobs that only require a high school degree

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Smaller companies will hire a pilot without a college degree if they have enough logged flight time and aircraft knowledge.

Going to college used to be a nearly sure way of getting a steady job.  A sure way of getting a steady job was getting a college degree.  But many recent college graduates will tell you this is no longer the case.

 

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Growing Student Loan Debt Weighs Heavier on Graduates

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College loans will top a trillion dollars.

More students will be going to college this and more of these students will borrow money to do so.  Student loan debt will likely top a trillion dollars this year.  And for the first time last year student loan debt outpaced credit card debt.

 

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