The “Ivory Tower”: Reconsidering the college investment
(This is Part I in a series about challenging traditional measures of financial success. Part II is Challenging traditional measures of financial success: Homeownership. Part III is The 9-to-5 job: Challenging how we earn a living.)
Not going to college was never really an option for me. “Don’t even joke about that,” my mom once said when I brought up the idea as a teenager.
My parents never went to college and believed they suffered financially because of it. Statistically, they may be right. According to the data, a bachelor’s degree can help you earn significantly more than a high school diploma.