Debt Research

I have begun to research into is going to college worth it in the modern era for all students as their form of post-secondary schooling. As I have conducted this research, I have started by looking into the amount of debt that college students face by the time that they leave college. By comparing the amount of debt that college students have faced over the past several years with the amount of debt that college students faced in the past several years before that I aim to examine whether the current state of college education is at the same worth as it was in the past or whether it has diminished due to the rising cost. Through the close examination of this data I will be able to evaluate whether or not going to college will be economically affordable to all students or whether there should be some students that should choose a different career option. Following this blog are the two graphs that I have so far found to assist with my research.

Source: College Board

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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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The Beginning

So its that time of year when seniors everywhere begin to start thinking towards the future, but then they are impacted by a sudden realization, "Oh no! I have to do a senior project!" Now my time has come to worry about this project. Struggling over what topic to go with, I finally learned what my topic would be "Is college really worth it?" Now I am going to have to interview as many sources as I can with the sources including people that attended college as well as people that did not attend college. Ultimately I will hope to learn and educate people on whether it is smarter to pursue college post-high school or to go with another career path. Which of these options should our generation choose, the idea of business or the idea of further tests and education?

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