Why You Should Be Planning for College!
It's widely recognized that people with a college education get
further in their professional life more often achieving their career
and monetary goals, than those without a college
degree. Education is an investment that pays for
itself socially and professionally, giving you the opportunity to open
doors that would otherwise remain closed. Whats more, chances are up
to 30% greater that you will not face unemployment if you have a
college degree
• Figures indicate the difference in yearly income between
someone with a bachelors degree and someone without can be over
$14,000. A masters degree can up the ante by another $10,000, and a
doctorate can get you roughly three times what that high school diploma
will.
• An American Council on Education study reported that a
college graduate earns $600,000 more in his/her lifetime than someone
with only a high-school degree.**
• College graduates may earn back as much as $30 for every
dollar invested in higher education.
Graduates in 1999 earned record-high starting salaries, according to
the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) September
Salary Survey. High-tech, consulting, accounting, and engineering firms
are paying the most to new grads, but even liberal arts majors enjoyed
a nearly 10 percent starting salary increase.
Participants in NACEs Salary Survey forecast a great year for starting
salaries for the Class of 2003. And with employers increasingly
concentrating their recruiting efforts on college campuses college is
clearly the way to go!