Is Investing In Going To College Worth It? (In Many Cases Not)

“An April study from Payscale.com, a data firm based in Seattle, ranked 1,500 educational programs on their return on investments for 2013. There were 74 schools that showed a return of $1 million or more on the investment in an education, while 30 schools had a negative return on investment–meaning the cost of attending was more than what the students would make up with increased wages, even over a 30-year period.”