July 17, 2008

Is a College Degree Worth the Cost?

graduation capThe Declining Value Of Your College Degree

A four-year college degree, seen for generations as a ticket to a better life, is no longer enough to guarantee a steadily rising paycheck.

Just ask Bea Dewing. After she earned a bachelor’s degree — her second — in computer science from Maryland’s Frostburg State University in 1986, she enjoyed almost unbroken advances in wages, eventually earning $89,000 a year as a data modeler for Sprint Corp. in Lawrence, Kan.

Then, in 2002, Sprint laid her off…more-does-a-college-degree-pay-off

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