WORTH IT?: Americans weigh in on the value of a four-year college degree. Results show dramatic shift

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FROM NBC NEWS:

Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream.

Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a new NBC News poll, a dramatic decline over the last decade.

Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime,” while 63% agree more with the concept that it’s “not worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off.”


In 2017, the question garnered different results. Of the U.S. adults surveyed at the time, 49% said a degree was worth the cost, while 47% said it wasn’t.

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