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Over 60% of emerging adults in the United States enter college or university the year after graduating from high school. [34] However, the years that follow college are incredibly diverse – only about 32% of 25- to 29-year-olds have finished four or more years of college. [31]
College Degree Returns by Average 2011 Annual Out-of-Pocket Costs, from B. Caplan's The Case Against Education First-year U.S. college degree returns for select majors, by type of student Study comparing college revenue per student by tuition and state funding in 2008 dollars [121] The view that higher education is a bubble is debated.
In a survey of more than 2,000 college students in 33 states and 156 different campuses, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found the average student spends as much as $1,200 each year on textbooks and supplies alone.
In 2007, more than 50 percent of college graduates had a job offer lined up. For the class of 2009, fewer than 20 percent of them did. According to a 2010 study, every 1 percent uptick in the unemployment rate the year you graduate college means a 6 to 8 percent drop in your starting salary—a disadvantage that can linger for decades.
Researchers found that people worldwide live 9.6 years longer than they are healthy — and in the U.S. the gap is more than 12 years. The U.S. has the biggest lifespan-health span gap in the world.
In 2022, those with a bachelor’s degree earned a weekly salary that was 68 percent higher than those with a high school diploma and had an unemployment rate that was 45 percent lower.
Over the years, 529 plan benefits have become even more flexible. They can now cover K–12 private school tuition and up to $10,000 to pay off the beneficiary’s student loans.
A US Department of Education longitudinal survey of 15,000 high school students in 2002 and 2012, found that 84% of the 27-year-old students had some college education, but only 34% achieved a bachelor's degree or higher; 79% owe some money for college and 55% owe more than $10,000; college dropouts were three times more likely to be unemployed ...