It is well known that student loan debt is a major problem that many Americans deal with for most of their adult lives. Many question if this warrants never attending college. I oppose that idea and believe college is worth attending, I say this with confidence because the DBQ has clear data that backs up my thesis.
The reason college is worth attending is because higher education typically leads to a better quality of life. Document D helps support my case, it does this by supplying the reader and myself with evidence that shows the positives that come with attending college, some of those benefits include longer life expectancy, living in safer neighborhoods and more control over your life. These are amazing opportunities that become much harder to acquire when you do not have a higher education. The argument can be made that higher education is not needed to achieve this. While I do agree with the argument, it does not change the fact that without a higher education, you are more likely to work at a job with a higher risk of injury or a job where you will struggle with money. So for that reason, college is worth it.…show more content… Document E helps prove this claim by providing relevant data. This data shows that the unemployment rate for individuals who have not attended is a third higher than those who have attended. It also states that those with at least a college degree’s income will be almost double the amount of a person without one. The main argument against attending college is the high cost of tuition. The document states “Over the past three decades, the average tuition at a public 4-year college has gone up more than 250 percent. while the average family income has only gone up about 16 percent.” Regardless of the argument, I still firmly believe college is worth
