A new report from Georgetown University found that current labor trends may lead to higher paying jobs for college graduates in the near future. Graduates with bachelor's degrees or higher currently have half the unemployment rate of the general population, and employment prospects for college graduates are only forecasted to continue to improve. According to Anthony P. Carnevale, Director of Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce, "We're headed for full employment" of bachelor's degree holders.
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Think college isn't worth it? You're not alone, according to a new report from Nielsen. Based on a survey of 2,000 people--900 of whom were college graduates of various ages--the authors found that a majority of college graduates believe college offers a lower return on investment compared to a decade ago. However, what is popular is not always right; as Bloomberg's Natalie Kitroeff asserted: “In reality, not going to college is far more expensive than ending your education at high school. The difference comes to hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
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Ever wonder how much the average philosophy major has to pay toward his/her student loans? Now you can know, using this interactive calculator from Brookings. Utilizing college-major specific earnings data from the US Census Bureau, the Undergraduate Student Loan Calculator shows typical debt burdens (as a percentage of income) for over 75 majors during the decade following graduation.
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College is the key to upward mobility, according to Jim Trankersley from the Washington Post. Of those born in the bottom of the income ladder, 9 of every 10 who graduated from college moved up economically later in life. In contrast, only half of children without a college degree make the same leap.
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It's never too late to earn a college degree, according to US News & World Report and Gallup. In fact, according to a US News analysis, older college graduates don't earn less than traditional-aged graduates. 
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Humanities degrees are rarely praised for their practicality. Indeed, numerous policy leaders, and even President Obama, routinely push STEM fields. The perceived earnings picture for graduates of the humanities is usually thought of as even more bleak. This is hardly the case, however, according to Forbes’s Jeffery Dorfman. In fact, English, French, history, philosophy, and political science graduates have an average return of about 300-700% on their college investment. 
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Matt Chingos of the Brookings Institution discussed the report he co-authored with Beth Akers, which found that although average student loan balances have increased over the last 20 years, so have earnings--and significantly so. Chingos also discussed the fact that affluent households hold a disproportionate share of education debt. "An era in which students from low-income families used loans to supplement grants has given way to a system dominated by the wealthiest Americans, many of whom were born to affluent parents." According to Chingos, this phenomenon may be misguiding the debate over the value of college. 
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