With graduations wrapping up around the country colleges are preparing for their next semesters of classes. But how many students actually continue onto college?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics about 68 percent of students who graduated high school in 2010 were enrolled in a college. According to The U.S. Census Bureau as of 2007 one member of the family holding a college degree more than doubled the yearly income of the family. With the benefits of a postsecondary education seem to be so great what are the 32 percent not going to college doing, and why not just do college?
Scholarships.com lists five common reasons students will decide not to continue.
1. 1. I can’t afford it.
2. 2. I earn good money at my job.
3. 3. My grades aren’t so great.
4. 4. I don’t know what I want to do with my life.
5. 5. My parents didn’t go to college and they’re successful, why should I bother?
“You’re not going to get a decent job without college. They’re going to look at your degrees before they look at anything else,” said one college student. “It’s a security,” said another.
In the end, “action is the foundational key to success.” As long as something is done, something can be achieved.
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